Activity 2.3.1

Instructions: After you have read the article  " I Used to Be Homeless", answer the following questions in complete sentences. Use as many details as necessary in your answer. 

  1. What does the sentence  * last names withheld for privacy* mean? Why would it be included at the start of the article?
  2. Using context clues, define the  term “ boxcar children” 
  3. Having read the article, explain what is meant by homelessness. Use examples if necessary .
  4. How have the number of homeless children changes in the U.S in the last 10 years? 
  5. This article  includes several sub-sections. What is the sub-title is given to each?  
  6. This article contains a number of images.  What purpose do they serve? To what extent do these images help the reader to fully understand the text?
  7. What is the overall message of the article?  
  8. Imagine that you were using this article as a source of information for an informational text on homelessness ,  choose 5 pieces of information that you would take from this text to include in your writing.  Paraphrase each idea and state why you think each idea is important to the topic.  5 marks 
  9. What information about the youth homelessness crisis do you think is missing from this text?   
  10. What aspect of this text do you think can be improved If you were the writer, what would you add or remove to make this text more effective? ( consider both content and format)