Seedfolks - Chapter 5 - Leona

Leona is

• White

• African-American

• Puerto Rican

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

Leona works hard to

• get the city to clean out the vacant lot so everyone can have a place to plant

• clean out one corner of the lot so she can have a place to plant

• stop people from planting in the vacant lot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Leona says, "You can't measure the distance between my block and City Hall in miles." What does she mean by this?

• The distance is measured in kilometers instead

• The people in City Hall don't think of her block or the people who live there

• There is no City Hall in Cleveland

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

Leona says that to be heard you have to "make yourself real." How does she do this?

• By talking a bag of garbage from the vacant lot into City Hall

• By yelling at people on the phone

• By organizing a protest outside of City Hall

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Leona wants to plant

• Nutmeg

• Tomatoes

• Goldenrod

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1