Thank You Mam By Langston Hughes Pre Reading

Thank You, Ma’m By Langston Hughes

Pre- Reading Activities

1. a. Who helps you deal with the following situations? Who gives you advice? Who helps you distinguish between right and wrong? having a problem at school: _________________ having a problem at home: _________________ having a personal problem with a friend: ___________ having a problem with a law: ________________ b. Do you think a complete stranger can also influence the way you deal with the above situations?

2. The characters in the story use dialect when they talk. That is, they use words and phrases that are special to people like them, who come from a certain place and belong to a certain social class. Dialect ain’t gonna Formal English Sentence in the Text aren’t/have Ain’t you got nobody home? n’t going to You gonna take me to jail? late as it be late as it is May be, you haven’t had your supper either, late as it be. Have you? fix prepare Sit down while I fix us something to it. folks parents The woman did not ask the boy anything about where. he lived , or his folks…

INTRODUCING VOCABULARY (PART I) English Hebrew Location in the text purse תיק 1/10 strap רצועה 2/10 shoulder כתף 3/10 to snatch לחטוף 4/10 to lose his balance לאבד שיווי משקלו 7/10 sidewalk מדרכה 8/10 to rattle לנקוש 11/10 tightly בחוזקה 14/10 to bend(bent) להתכופף 14/10 ashamed release מתבייש לשחרר 16/10 25/10 to drag (dragging) לגרור 3/11 to turn loose לשחרר 23/10

Circle the correct answer. 1. The little boy ashamed/ snatched the toy from his friend’s hand. 2. He bent/ released down to pick up the newspaper that was on the porch. 3. You shouldn’t ride your bicycle on the strap/ sidewalk. You may hurt people. 4. The judge refused to shoulder/ release the prisoner on bail ( )בערבות. 5. The frightened little girl held her mother’s hand tightly/ rattle. 6. The ride was so bumpy that it made our teeth rattle/ snatch. 7. I carry my money and some personal things in my shoulder/ purse. 8. There is nothing wrong with what I did. I am not turn loose/ ashamed of anything. 9. The walker turned loose/ lost his balance and fell. 10. He dragged/ bent a chair from the other end of the room and joined us.