Vocabulary
formal or religious events
ceremonies
Correctly spell:
a) balloon
b) baloon
c) ballon
a
How does Mama Miti help the women in the story?
gives them seeds to plant trees
What is a biography?
A story someone writes about another person's life
customs or beliefs passed down among a group of people
tradition
an argument or fuss
feud
What is the genre?
Biography
What does thayu nyumba mean?
Peace, my people
medicine
a substance used for treating an illness
Firefighters _____ people from fires.
rescue
What is one of the problems one of the women have in the story?
needs food for animals
needs food for family
needs medicine
house is falling apart
animals stealing chickens
What does analyze mean?
To look closely at
offering
Correctly spell:
a) recrut
b) recruit
c) recruet
b
What happens once Mama helps one woman?
More and more women come to her for help
finding similarities and differences between two things
compare and contrast
expressing feelings of sadness
lamenting
Correctly spell:
a) suteable
b) suitible
c) suitable
c
At the end of the story, Kenya is described as what?
strong and peaceful again
What is a summary?
a shorter version of a story