from Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH): Part 1

from Brown Girl Dreaming: Part 1

memoir in verse

Open Ended

Read this selection from the text:

How do I

spell introduce? Trying again and again

until there is nothing but pink

bits of eraser and a hole now.

where a story should be.

Infer: What might this reveal about the author’s purpose?

Multiple Choice

Cursive is...

• the style in which the roads in Scottsdale, Arizona are designed

• any style of penmanship in which some characters are written joined together in a flowing manner

• a type of flying utilized by military pilots

Open Ended

Analyze: Why might this memory, of writing her name on the board, be important to the author? Is she able to “make herself heard”?

R and A of RACE Response: Restate the question, Answer the question. There are 2 questions here, answer them both.

Multiple Choice

A mimeographed sheet is...

• A script used by mimes to perform on the street.

• Another BIG word that Mr. Wellner invented.

• A machine that folds paper in specific shapes

• Duplicator for making many copies that utilizes a stencil

Open Ended

Connect: Recall a time when you were compared to someone else, how did it make you feel and why?

R, A, and E of your RACE Response. Restate the question, Answer the Question, and Explain your answer.

The End

of the first part...