Deadwood, South Dakota
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DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA: A FRONTIER COMMUNITY INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER 1 Vocabulary • Use synonyms to determine word meaning: What does the word mine mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 9. (dig)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: When did people hear that gold had been discovered in Deadwood Gulch? (around 1875, page 2) • Identify facts and details: Where did shopkeepers open stores in Deadwood? (along Main Street, page 6)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension LEVEL N/30
CAUSE CAUSE
builders put up houses in place of tents and shacks
they built hotels for visitors
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EFFECT Deadwood began to look like a town
• Identify cause and effect: How did Deadwood begin to look more like a town than a mining camp? Use a cause-and-effect graphic organizer for help in answering the question. (builders put up houses in place of the miners’ tents and shacks; they also built hotels for visitors, page 6) • Identify sequence of events: First, prospectors collected water in a pan and then they . . . (shook the pan; if they were lucky they would see bits of gold dust in the water, page 8)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Use graphic features to interpret information: What can you tell about the population of the Dakota Territory in the years 1880 and 1890 from the graph on page 5? (Answer: it increased by more than 200,000; Clues/Evidence: the graph shows that the population of the Dakota Territory was 135,177 in l880; it shows that it was 348,600 in 1890; this is an increase of more than 200,000) • Summarize information: Write a summary for the “It’s a Fact” sidebar on page 6. (Answer: People from many different parts of the world immigrated to the United States around 1820; Clues/Evidence: around 1820, immigrants began to arrive from countries in northern and western Europe; members of the following groups found their way to Deadwood: English, Italians, Slovenians, Scots, Irish, French, Norwegians, Finns, Swedes, Danes, Germans, and Jewish; there were also African Americans and a large group of Chinese)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses examples to tell about the supplies miners needed. Find this on page 6. (“like food, clothing, and tools”) • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the photograph on page 8 to show . . . (how miners panned for gold)
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CHAPTER 2 Vocabulary • Use direct definitions to determine word meaning: What does the word lumbering mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 15. (cutting and preparing trees for sale)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: When were the major railroad lines across America finished? (by 1869, page 12) • Identify facts and details: In 1890, the railroad came to . . . (Deadwood, page 14) Seth Bullock from Canada became first sheriff
Sol Star Both newcomers opened businesses changed town
from Europe became mayor helped pass laws
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Compare and contrast: How were Sol Star and Seth Bullock the same? How were they different? Use a Venn diagram for help in answering the question. (they were both newcomers who opened a business; both led the way in changing Deadwood; Sol Star was from Europe; he became mayor of Deadwood; he helped pass laws; Seth Bullock was from Canada; he became the first sheriff, page 11) • Identify cause and effect: What caused Deadwood to fade? (nearby gold mines closed; some men left to find work in Nevada and Alaska; families bought land in other states; many Chinese returned to China, page 15)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Make inferences: You can tell from the information in the first paragraph on page 10 that the Depression was a . . . (Answer: hard time for many people; Clues/Evidence: there were not many jobs; many people were forced to leave their homes to look for work somewhere else) • Identify main idea: The information in the first paragraph on page 12 is mostly about . . . (Answer: why Chinese immigrants went to Deadwood; Clues/Evidence: some had come to America to help build the railroad, but in 1869 the major railroad lines were finished; the workers needed new jobs; they heard about the mines in Deadwood; many Chinese immigrants went there)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • What text structure does the author use to tell about why people moved to Deadwood on page 10? (cause and effect) • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the photographs on pages 14 and 15 to show . . . (what Calamity Jane and Nate Love looked like)
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CHAPTER 3 & CONCLUSION Vocabulary • Use synonyms to determine word meaning: What does the word restored mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 17. (fixed up)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: When was Deadwood named a National Historic Landmark? (in 1961, page 17)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify cause and effect: Because people still told stories about Deadwood’s colorful past, . . . (the commission thought tourists might like to visit the town, page 18) • Identify cause and effect: What occurred as a result of the Historic Preservation Commission’s plan? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in answering the question. (tourists travel to Deadwood; they visit museums; they go inside restored buildings; they tour real gold mines; they get a feeling for what Deadwood was like in the past, page 21)
CAUSE Historic Preservation Commission Plan
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Identify main idea: The information in “Historical Perspective” on page 18 is mainly about . . . (Answer: the work of Deadwood Alive!; Clues/Evidence: Deadwood has a living-history group called Deadwood Alive!; in the summer it acts out the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok; then it shows the capture of Jack McCall; the group even acts out McCall’s trial; townspeople and members of the audience are asked to be on the jury) • Use graphic features to interpret information: What can you tell about Deadwood in the 1800s and Deadwood today from the diagram on page 22? (Answer: both have tourists and stores; Clues/Evidence: the diagram shows two overlapping ovals; one oval is called “Deadwood 1800s” and the other is called “Deadwood Today”; in the place where the ovals overlap it says “tourists” and “stores open”)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author probably include the photographs on pages 18 and 19? (to show readers what Deadwood looks like today) • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the information in the Conclusion on page 22 to . . . (summarize facts about Deadwood in the past and today)
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tourists travel to Deadwood
they visit museums
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EFFECT EFFECT they tour gold mines
they get a feeling for what Deadwood was like
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TIPS FOR ANSWERING TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS
Vocabulary
Reread and look for clues to help you define the unfamiliar word. Can you find a synonym, a definition, text clues, or picture clues?
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension
The answers are right in the text. Reread to locate facts and details to answer the questions.
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension
The answers are in the text, but you may need to look in more than one place to find them.
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension
You’ll have to be a detective. You won’t find the exact answers to these questions, but you will find clues and evidence to support your inferences and conclusions.
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension
As you reread, ask yourself, “How did the author organize the information? Why did she/he write the book?”
Navigators Set D Copyright © 2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
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DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA: A FRONTIER COMMUNITY INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER 1 Vocabulary • Use synonyms to determine word meaning: What does the word mine mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 9. (dig)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: When did people hear that gold had been discovered in Deadwood Gulch? (around 1875, page 2) • Identify facts and details: Where did shopkeepers open stores in Deadwood? (along Main Street, page 6)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension LEVEL N/30
CAUSE CAUSE
builders put up houses in place of tents and shacks
they built hotels for visitors
M
M
EFFECT Deadwood began to look like a town
• Identify cause and effect: How did Deadwood begin to look more like a town than a mining camp? Use a cause-and-effect graphic organizer for help in answering the question. (builders put up houses in place of the miners’ tents and shacks; they also built hotels for visitors, page 6) • Identify sequence of events: First, prospectors collected water in a pan and then they . . . (shook the pan; if they were lucky they would see bits of gold dust in the water, page 8)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Use graphic features to interpret information: What can you tell about the population of the Dakota Territory in the years 1880 and 1890 from the graph on page 5? (Answer: it increased by more than 200,000; Clues/Evidence: the graph shows that the population of the Dakota Territory was 135,177 in l880; it shows that it was 348,600 in 1890; this is an increase of more than 200,000) • Summarize information: Write a summary for the “It’s a Fact” sidebar on page 6. (Answer: People from many different parts of the world immigrated to the United States around 1820; Clues/Evidence: around 1820, immigrants began to arrive from countries in northern and western Europe; members of the following groups found their way to Deadwood: English, Italians, Slovenians, Scots, Irish, French, Norwegians, Finns, Swedes, Danes, Germans, and Jewish; there were also African Americans and a large group of Chinese)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Analyze text structure and organization: The author uses examples to tell about the supplies miners needed. Find this on page 6. (“like food, clothing, and tools”) • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the photograph on page 8 to show . . . (how miners panned for gold)
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CHAPTER 2 Vocabulary • Use direct definitions to determine word meaning: What does the word lumbering mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 15. (cutting and preparing trees for sale)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: When were the major railroad lines across America finished? (by 1869, page 12) • Identify facts and details: In 1890, the railroad came to . . . (Deadwood, page 14) Seth Bullock from Canada became first sheriff
Sol Star Both newcomers opened businesses changed town
from Europe became mayor helped pass laws
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Compare and contrast: How were Sol Star and Seth Bullock the same? How were they different? Use a Venn diagram for help in answering the question. (they were both newcomers who opened a business; both led the way in changing Deadwood; Sol Star was from Europe; he became mayor of Deadwood; he helped pass laws; Seth Bullock was from Canada; he became the first sheriff, page 11) • Identify cause and effect: What caused Deadwood to fade? (nearby gold mines closed; some men left to find work in Nevada and Alaska; families bought land in other states; many Chinese returned to China, page 15)
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Make inferences: You can tell from the information in the first paragraph on page 10 that the Depression was a . . . (Answer: hard time for many people; Clues/Evidence: there were not many jobs; many people were forced to leave their homes to look for work somewhere else) • Identify main idea: The information in the first paragraph on page 12 is mostly about . . . (Answer: why Chinese immigrants went to Deadwood; Clues/Evidence: some had come to America to help build the railroad, but in 1869 the major railroad lines were finished; the workers needed new jobs; they heard about the mines in Deadwood; many Chinese immigrants went there)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • What text structure does the author use to tell about why people moved to Deadwood on page 10? (cause and effect) • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the photographs on pages 14 and 15 to show . . . (what Calamity Jane and Nate Love looked like)
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CHAPTER 3 & CONCLUSION Vocabulary • Use synonyms to determine word meaning: What does the word restored mean in this book? Let’s look for clues for the meaning of this word on page 17. (fixed up)
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension • Identify facts and details: When was Deadwood named a National Historic Landmark? (in 1961, page 17)
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension • Identify cause and effect: Because people still told stories about Deadwood’s colorful past, . . . (the commission thought tourists might like to visit the town, page 18) • Identify cause and effect: What occurred as a result of the Historic Preservation Commission’s plan? Use a cause-and-effect chart for help in answering the question. (tourists travel to Deadwood; they visit museums; they go inside restored buildings; they tour real gold mines; they get a feeling for what Deadwood was like in the past, page 21)
CAUSE Historic Preservation Commission Plan
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension • Identify main idea: The information in “Historical Perspective” on page 18 is mainly about . . . (Answer: the work of Deadwood Alive!; Clues/Evidence: Deadwood has a living-history group called Deadwood Alive!; in the summer it acts out the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok; then it shows the capture of Jack McCall; the group even acts out McCall’s trial; townspeople and members of the audience are asked to be on the jury) • Use graphic features to interpret information: What can you tell about Deadwood in the 1800s and Deadwood today from the diagram on page 22? (Answer: both have tourists and stores; Clues/Evidence: the diagram shows two overlapping ovals; one oval is called “Deadwood 1800s” and the other is called “Deadwood Today”; in the place where the ovals overlap it says “tourists” and “stores open”)
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension • Evaluate author’s purpose: Why did the author probably include the photographs on pages 18 and 19? (to show readers what Deadwood looks like today) • Evaluate author’s purpose: The author probably included the information in the Conclusion on page 22 to . . . (summarize facts about Deadwood in the past and today)
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tourists travel to Deadwood
they visit museums
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EFFECT EFFECT they tour gold mines
they get a feeling for what Deadwood was like
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TIPS FOR ANSWERING TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS
Vocabulary
Reread and look for clues to help you define the unfamiliar word. Can you find a synonym, a definition, text clues, or picture clues?
Find It! Level 1 Comprehension
The answers are right in the text. Reread to locate facts and details to answer the questions.
Look Closer! Level 2 Comprehension
The answers are in the text, but you may need to look in more than one place to find them.
Prove It! Level 3 Comprehension
You’ll have to be a detective. You won’t find the exact answers to these questions, but you will find clues and evidence to support your inferences and conclusions.
Take It Apart! Level 4 Comprehension
As you reread, ask yourself, “How did the author organize the information? Why did she/he write the book?”
Navigators Set D Copyright © 2011 Benchmark Education Company, LLC. All rights reserved. This card may be photocopied for classroom use only. Based on the Comprehension Through Deductive Reasoning Model developed by Margaret Kilgo.
