Gentrification
What does gentrification mean?
It’s when wealthier people move into a neighborhood, making it more expensive and forcing longtime residents out.
I’m Sierra’s best friend, always cracking jokes and pushing her to relax.
Bennie
How are lines supposed to look like during transitions (3 S’s)
Sinlent. Single File. Straight
the NYC borough where the story takes place
Brooklyn
This term describes the narrator’s position in telling a story — for example, first-person or third-person.
Point of View or Perspective
According to the video, what is one common sign a neighborhood is gentrifying?
New shops, like juice bars, cafés, or boutiques opening up.
I gave her a library card and helpful information about Wick
Nydia
What is Stage 1, 2, & 3?
SILENTLY Organize your things. Stand behind your tucked in chair. Line up.
Where the mural of Papa Acevedo sheds a tear.
the Tower
This verb means to give someone the confidence, strength, or authority to do something.
Empower
What group of people is often displaced when gentrification happens?
Black and brown communities who have lived there for generations.
Im a powerful lady among the shadowshapers, but you don't know much about me yet.
Lucera
How many rise points to do Fresh Fit Fridays?
150
where Sierra and her friends dance and see a rap battle
the block party
These words refer to the two main types of struggles characters face: one inside themselves and one with other people or forces.
Internal & External Conflict
Name an urban city currently being gentrified
NYC, Washington DC, NEWARK, Baltimore
I used a briefcase to cause a distraction for Sierra.
Neville
Name 7 current teachers and their subject.
Too many to count.
Sierra researches shadowshapers at this school’s library
Columbia university
If a character does something that makes the reader feel affection for them, we say the character does this.
Endear
According to the article, how does gentrification change the "culture" of a neighborhood?
It becomes less racially and culturally diverse, with new norms around behavior and what is “desirable.”
I was killed by the police and there is a mural commemorating me.
Jerome (Bennie’s brother)
What date was the first day of school?
August 18th, Monday
Lazaro gives Sierra a crinkled piece of paper and points to family photos.
Lazaro’s apartment
When two or more people secretly plan together to do something harmful or illegal, they are doing this.
Conspire