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.
- What does the sentence * last names withheld for privacy* mean? Why would it be included at the start of the article?
- Using context clues, define the term “ boxcar children”
- Having read the article, explain what is meant by homelessness. Use examples if necessary .
- How have the number of homeless children changes in the U.S in the last 10 years?
- This article includes several sub-sections. What is the sub-title is given to each?
- 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?
- What is the overall message of the article?
- 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
- What information about the youth homelessness crisis do you think is missing from this text?
- 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)