Vocabulary
What word means spongy, cushioned feeling when walking on a flexible surface?
Squish
Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?
New York City
If Armani says that snowflakes are feathery, what does that mean?
The snowflakes are soft and light.
In the poem "brooklyn rain", how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?
#1 Staying indoors bores her.
#2 Staying indoors makes her feel safe.
#1 Staying indoors bores her.
What word means singing with closed lips and without words?
Humming
In the poem "another way " from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother bring home?
board games
Your brother is humming at he dinner table. Which of your senses tells you this?
hearing
What word means to wind or spin around one another?
Twist
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?
Odella is smart or gifted
Which of the following sentences best shows the meaning of shushes?
1. Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise.
2. Jaxson puts on his boots and wades through the mud.
#1
What word means turn around and around quickly
Twirl
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?
He likes them
Which line or lines in "brooklyn rain" MOST CLEARLY supports that staying indoors bores Woodson?
#1 The rain here is different than the way it rains in Greenville
#2 ...Nothing to do but watch the gray sidewalk grow darker
#2 ...Nothing to do but watch the gray sidewalk grow darker
what word means to tell or signal someone to be quiet
Shushes
What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?
It is made up of poems.
In the excerpt Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Woodson always doing?
#1 wining awards
#2 making things up
#2 making things up