Name _________________________________________
Reading Check for “from Dust Tracks on a Road” by Zora Neale Hurston, p. 762
Vocabulary Development
Match the vocabulary word to its synonym
1. conceive
a. kingdom
2. realm
b. deeply
3. profoundly
c. uplifted
4. resolved
d. imagine
5. exalted
e. decided
1.
Where did Zora Neale Hurston grow up? What did she enjoy doing for amusement? Why did this concern her
grandmother?
2. What causes the students to clean up and act nice? Do they do this on their own accord? Are they threatened?
Name _________________________________________
Reading Check for “from Dust Tracks on a Road” by Zora Neale Hurston, p. 762
Vocabulary Development
Match the vocabulary word to its synonym
1. conceive
a. kingdom
2. realm
b. deeply
3. profoundly
c. uplifted
4. resolved
d. imagine
5. exalted
e. decided
1.
Where did Zora Neale Hurston grow up? What did she enjoy doing for amusement? Why did this concern her
grandmother?
2. What causes the students to clean up and act nice? Do they do this on their own accord? Are they threatened?
3.
Why is it so impressive when Zora reads the class reader from cover to cover? What qualities does she exude?
4. Why did Zora start reading the Bible? What story initially caught her attention?
5. What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
6. What are subjective details? Why might subjective details be included in an autobiography?
3. Why is it so impressive when Zora reads the class reader from cover to cover? What qualities does she exude?
4. Why did Zora start reading the Bible? What story initially caught her attention?
5. What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
6. What are subjective details? Why might subjective details be included in an autobiography?