R1.1 Water Booger Bears (LBW)

Audio Response

The narrator compares the tone that Jasmine uses when she talks to TJ about his boogers to the same tone that Jasmine's mother sometimes uses with Jasmine. How is this tone described? What does this reveal about her as a character?

Sentence stem: Jasmine's tone is described as _______. This reveals that Jasmine is a character who is _____________ because ___________.

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Audio Response

2. What do pages 1-2 reveal about Jasmine and TJ’s relationship? How do you know?

Sentence stem: Pages 1-2 reveal that __________. I know this because ____________.

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Match

Match the quote to the character trait it 

BEST shows about TJ.

• "TJ went on as they swapped backpacks. His was light. Jasmine's was packed with every class's textbook and all the world's notebooks. Makeup work. She could've carried it herself, but TJ was concerned about her back, about her muscles because she was still recovering from the attack." (4)

• "TJ always asked Mrs. Bronson, the choir director, to let him sing solos even though his voice was all over the place. A set of wind chimes in a hurricane." (6)

• [TJ] was always there to chip some of the hard off. Tear at the toughness Jasmine had built up over the school year. (7)

empathetic

confident

light-hearted

• empathetic

• confident

• light-hearted

Match

Match the quote to the character trait it 

BEST shows about Jasmine.

• "Jasmine Jordan said this like she said most things - with her whole body. Like the words weren't just coming out of her mouth but were also rolling down her spine. She said it like she meant it."

• "So, if God made man from dust, and now, for some reason, man - "

  "And woman," Jasmine tacked on.

  "Yeah, and woman…consist of mostly water, then basically, we water and dust, right?"

• "See, even though TJ was ridiculous and annoying and sometimes gross, [Jasmine] appreciated the fact that he always made her laugh whether she wanted to or not."

full of conviction

self-assured

tolerant

• full of conviction

• self-assured

• tolerant

Open Ended

1. Read the last paragraph of page 12 a second time. What character trait does Jasmine have that is similar to a water bear? What does this tell you about how she views her life?

   Sentence stem: Jasmine says that she is a water bear because she is ______. In the book, it says “__________________” (page ___). This shows that Jasmine thinks that her life is ___________. I think this because ____________.

Open Ended

Find where TJ starts talking about his “old mother” on page 11. How does the author use dialogue and description to show what TJ is experiencing when they talk about his “old mother” and “water bears”? 

Sentence stem: The author uses dialogue and description to show that TJ feels ____ about his “old mother” and “water bears”. One piece of dialogue to support this is ______. One piece of description to support this is ____. This evidence shows ______.

Open Ended

Consider this unit’s essential question: “How do heroes navigate the challenges of daily life?” What real life challenges does Jason Reynolds create for his characters, Jasmine and TJ? How do they navigate these challenges?

Sentence stem: Real life challenges that TJ goes through are _______. He navigates these challenges by _______. Real life challenges that Jasmine goes through are _______. She navigates these challenges by ______.

Open Ended

Are you more afraid of what you can see or of what you can’t see? Explain why.

Sentence stem: I'm more afraid of ______ because _____.