The Skin I'm In--First Read

What question does Miss Saunders ask her students to write about?

• Where are you going and where have you been?

• What is wrong with your face?

• What does your face say to the world?

• Describe the skin that you are in.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

"Then Miss Saunders comes over to my desk and stares down at me. “It takes a long time to accept yourself for who you are. To see the poetry in your walk,” she says, shaking her hips like she’s doing some African dance. Kids bust out laughing. “To look in the mirror and like what you see, even when it doesn’t look like anybody else’s idea of beauty.'"

This quote is a good example of which literary device?

• setting

• theme

• plot

• conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A synonym for supper is:

• dinner

• lunch

• light snack

• super

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

How does Maleeka describe Miss Saunders face?

• She Says that black is beautiful.

• She Says that she should wear a mask.

• She Says that she is beautiful.

• She Says she is a freak.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

“Maleeka’s face says she needs to stay out of the sun,” Larry Baker says, covering his face with a book.

What is Larry trying to say about Maleeka's face?

• Her skin is too dark.

• Her skin is easily sunburned.

• Her skin shines like the sun.

• Her skin is blotchy.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"I guess there ain’t no accounting for what folks see in their own mirrors."

Which is the best definition of accounting as used in this sentence?

• the action or process of keeping financial accounts.

• to count using round numbers

• where someone might store their money or financial transactions.

• to consider or think about in a specific way

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Maleeka does not like the fact that her skin is so dark. This is an example of which type of conflict?

• person vs. person

• person vs. nature

• person vs. themselves (self-conflict)

• person vs. society

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"...and her grandmother use some concoction to change the color of that blotch on her cheek."

What is a concotion?

• a mixture composed of a variety of ingredients

• an irregular spot, usually on the skin

• any kind of liquid

• a light, informal meal

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Malcolm is describes as having "Skin the color of a butterscotch milkshake." What is Maleeka saying about him?

• Malcolm makes her think of food.

• Malcolm is bi-racial.

• Malcolm's skin is blotchy.

• Malcolm is a freak.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator describes the blobs of gum on the ceiling by using which simile?

• like marshmallows in a box of Lucky Charms.

• like a Munchkin sneezed.

• like rainbow unicorn poop.

• like pretty-colored snot.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6