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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Worksheets

by Doreen Rappaport

Reading Level S · Lexile AD610L · ATOS 3.4

Everywhere in Martin's hometown, signs say WHITE ONLY, but his mother tells him he is as good as anyone, and in church he says that when he grows up, he will get big words too. He grows up to be a minister who says "love" when others say "hate," and he walks for 381 days beside the people of Montgomery after Rosa Parks is arrested. A picture-book life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., told through his own words, about courage, peace and fighting with words instead of fists.

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include hymns, minister, freedom, separate, arrested, courage, protested, convinced, refused, segregation, admired, strike.

Sample questions

When the WHITE ONLY signs make Martin feel bad, what does he remember his mother told him?
What does young Martin say he will get when he grows up?
What happens to Rosa Parks when she says No to giving up her seat on the bus?

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