Brown Girl Dreaming

The poems reveal that as a child the author struggled with

• listening to her mother

• reading and writing

• going on family outings

• playing and practicing sports

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The book Stevie is important to the author because

• it has people of color in it

• it is the first library book she checks out

• it has a character in it who is a writer

• it is the first book she can read

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?

• Odella is bossy.

• Odella is smart.

• Odella tells lies.

• Odella runs wild.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In the poem "late autumn," the speaker goes from feeling

• fascinated to bored

• frustrated to hopeful

• confident to discouraged

• misunderstood to beloved

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

In contrast to the poem "the other woodson," the poem "reading" shows how --

• the speaker struggles in school

• the speaker wants to be a writer

• the speaker behaves and thinks like her sister

• the speaker feels pride in being different from her sister

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

From what point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?

• first-person point of view

• second-person point of view

• third-person point of view

• fourth-person point of view

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The last three lines of the poem "when I tell my family" shows that the speaker --

• is better at writing than telling stories

• does not think she has a chance as a writer

• still plans to be a writer regardless

• wants to write a story about her childhood

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

How can we tell that Woodson (the writer) is telling us something important in her writing?

• She repeats it

• She makes it rhyme

• She separates it from the other lines

• She puts parentheses ( ) around it

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which sentence best describes Woodson?

• She feels left out.

• She dislikes her siblings.

• She has a lively imagination

• She is the best singer in the family.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Read the sentence in the poem “writing #1” that begins in line 3 and ends in line 4. The poet uses personification in this sentence to show that —

her stories often ramble and do not have a point

she really enjoys sharing her stories with others

telling stories is a talent that comes easily to her

• her stories often ramble and do not have a point

• she really enjoys sharing her stories with others

• telling stories is a talent that comes easily to her

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5