Brown Girl Dreaming

spongy, cushioned feeling when walking on a flexible surface 

• twist

• twirl

• squish

• feathery

singing with closed lips and without words.

• humming

• feathery

• squish

• twist

wind or spin around one another 

• twist

• twirl

• humming

• shushes

turn around and around quickly 

• twist

• squish

• shushes

• twirl

tells or signals someone to be quiet  

• shushes

• squish

• feathery

• humming

light and airy; like the touch of a feather

• shushes

• squish

• twirl

• feathery

Brown Girl Dreaming takes place where

• Greenville

• South Carolina

• New York City

• The park

Woodson’s mother brings home what in the poem, "another way"

• puzzles

• board games

• cards

• ice cream

Woodson’s older sister, Odella is

• bossy

• mean

• smart

• unintelligent

How does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?

• He thinks they are bad

• He likes them

• He tells her to stop

• He finds them annoying