Pink and Say

Day 1
During Shared Reading
1. Book bits and prediction
2. Read pages 1-5
3. Comprehension questions
a. Why is the language like this? “To’d” (page 1)
b. Why was a boy of 15 in battle? (page 1)
c. What is a lead ball? (page 2)
d. Why is the boy passing out? (page 2)
e. Is he really with his Ma? (page 2)
i. He is fever dreaming. Why?
f. Why would he leave him there? (page 5
g. How are the boys different? (page 5)
h. What side do the two boys fight for? (page 5)
i. Why had Say never seen someone like Pink before? (page 5)
4. Vocabulary
a. Unconsciousness (p. 1), Mahogany (p. 5), Marauders (p. 5)
5. Introduce packet
6. Discuss and Record character traits/setting (pages 11 and 12)

During Guided Reading

1. Drawing the Beginning (page 2)
2. Comprehension questions (page 16)
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Day 2
During Shared Reading
1. Read pages 6-16
2. Comprehension questions
a. Who are the boys hiding from? (page 6)
b. “Sloggin’” and “Haulin’” (page 6)
c. What does “took me good” mean? (page 10)
d. Where do you think the boy took him? (page 10)
e. “Winderlight” (page 10)
f. Why did he say it weakly? (page 10)
g. Why wouldn’t she see him? (page 13)
h. The cow gives what? (page 13)
i. Why do you think he looked troubled? (page 13)
j. “Pound these clothes” what does that mean? (page 13)
k. What would happen if they found out she was “holding”
soldiers? (page 14)
 l. Why is he pale? He is scared (page 14)
m. What does it mean for a leg to “go stiff”? (page 16)
n. Why wasn't he able to go into a deep sleep before? (page 16)
o. “Jumped the broom” what does that mean? (page 16)
p. Who is master? What do we learn that Pink is? (page 16)
3. Vocabulary
a. Porridge (p. 10), Cellar (p.13), Vittles (p. 16)
4. Complete pages 11, 12, 13 in packet
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Day 3
During Shared Reading
1. Read Pages 18-27
2. Comprehension questions
a. What does their uniform show? (page 19)
b. “Slaughtered like hogs” (page 19)
c. Why couldn’t Say carry a gun? Why can he now? (page 19)
d. What are they fighting for?
e. Why were they using muskets from the Mexican American war?
(page 19)
f. Why was it against the law for Pink to learn to read? (page 21)
i. He is a slave and has no rights- not supposed to be
educated
g. “Nobody could ever really own me” (page 21)
h. “My heart ached” why? (page 23)
i. “Paper talks” (page 23)
j. Why is shaking Pink’s hand so important? (page 23)
k. Why is Moe Moe Bay crying? (page 24)
l. What do you think “the sickness” is? (page 24)
m. What do you think Say has to tell Pink? (page 24)
n. Why does running make Say a coward? (page 27)
o. What does it take to be brave? (page 27)
3. Vocabulary
a. Muskets (p. 19), Spectacles (p. 23), Quartered (p. 23),
Inconsolable (p. 24), Deserter (p. 27)
4. Discuss Character Traits (pages 12 and 13)
5. Discuss Character Motivation (pages 14 and 15)

During Guided Reading

1. Comprehension questions (pages 19-21)
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Day 4
During Shared Reading
1. Read pages 28-35
2. Comprehension questions
a. “Mustered” (page 29)
b. Who could the screaming be?
c. “Ain’t got no truck” what does that mean? Business (page 29)
d. What do you think the shot was? (page 29)
e. What happened to Moe Moe Bay? (page 31)
f. Why did the soldiers kill Moe Moe Bay? (page 31)
g. Why does he not want the soldiers to know he is a part of the
Union? (page 33)
h. Where is the Confederate Army taking the boys? (page 31)
3. Vocabulary
a. Ransacked (p. 29), Jeered (p. 33), Buckboard (p.35-36), Stockade
(p. 35)
4. Character Motivation (pages 14 and 15)

During Guided Reading

1. Comprehension questions (page 22)
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Day 5
During Shared Reading
1. Read pages 36-39
2. Comprehension questions
a. Why is the hand so important to Pink? (page 37)
b. What does the hand symbolize? What did Lincoln stand up for?
(page 37)
3. Vocabulary
a. Smote (p. 39), Hemp (p. 39),
4. Draw important middle event (page 2)
5. Character Traits (pages 12 and 13)
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Day 6
During Shared Reading
1. Read pages 40-44
2. Comprehension questions
a. What is the difference between the lives of the two boys? Why?
(page 41)
b. Why was Pink treated the way that he was? (page 41)
 c. Who is telling the story? (page 43)
d. How is the author related to Say? (page 43)
3. Vocabulary
a. Dysentery (p. 40), Descendants (p. 44)
4. Compare and Contrast
5. Problem and Solution

During Guided Reading

1. Comprehension questions (page 23 and 24)
2. Draw end of the book event (page 2)

Book Bits

“For almost a year I’d been in this man’s war. The war between the states”

“Boy, when you owned, you ain’t got no name of your own.”
“Master Aylee had a library full of books right here,” he said. He taught me
to read, even though it was against the law”

“Child bein’ brave don’t mean you ain’t afeared. Don’t you know that?”
“I don’t want to die.”

“Git to the root cellar. They ain’t got no truck with an old dark woman. You
git to that cellar you hear!”

“Let me touch the hand that touched Mr. Lincoln, Say, just one last time”