Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story Reading Activity

created by Shannon Overdahl

Grade Level: 4th - 7th 

Subject: Orphan Trains

Title of Lesson: Vocabulary Practice

Choose four of the below vocabulary words. Place them in the grid provided.

     orphan     foster child     boarder     apprentice     prospective     asylum

     asylum     exploit     foundling     abandon     immigrant     handbill     tenement

Read the book Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story.

When completed, use these four vocabulary words to create four sentences based on the below rules.

Sentence one: Use the two words reading across the grid on the top line in a sentence.

Sentence two: Use the two words reading across the grid on the bottom line in a sentence.

Sentence three: Use the two words reading down the grid in the first column in a sentence.

Sentence four: Use the two words reading down the grid in the last column in a sentence.

Sentences can be creative but must show understanding of the vocabulary words.

Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story

Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story_Lesson Plan

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NCSS Theme - Individuals_Groups_and_Instititutions

Social Studies Standard - History

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