from Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH): Part 2

from Brown Girl Dreaming (HMH): Part 2

Memoir in Verse

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 RACE Response. Restate the Question, Answer the Question, and Explain your Answer.

Multiple Choice

The author tells her story in verse instead of prose most likely because--

• she wants to have a powerful impact

• she does not write well

• she does not recall much from her life

• she wants to give a detailed description of the setting

Write it down in your HMH books!

• in verse: writing arranged with a metrical rhythm, like in songs or poems.

• prose: written language that usually exhibits a natural flow of speech (is read how we speak).

Open Ended

Infer: Why might the memory, of why she rereads books, be important to the development of the author’s writing?

Multiple Choice

Analyze: How might the books relate to the author’s purpose for writing about this memory?

• she only likes the pictures

• she's jealous that her sister reads books that her teachers approve of

• it shows a connection between the characters and the author

Multiple Choice

Read the dictionary entry.

fussing \fŭs-ing\ v 1. showing unnecessary concern about something 2. complaining about something unimportant 3. moving around or busying oneself restlessly 4. disturbing or bothering someone

Which definition best matches the meaning of fussing as it is used in line 93 of the poem “stevie and me”?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Open Ended

In the poem “reading,” the speaker describes a struggle she is having. Describe a time that you have gone through a struggle yourself, and connect your experience with the speaker’s struggle. Use details from the text to support your answer.

RACE RESPONSE.

The End

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