Vocabulary
This word means to block or delay progress.
What is impede?
I am the author of "The Rose that Grew from a Concrete" which I used to express that no matter where you come from, you can you still be successful if you work hard and don't quit.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
The first sentence of any essay used to grab readers' attention
What is a hook?
(There, Their, They're)
I wonder if _____ coming to the sleepover tonight.
What is they're?
10 year old boy, growing up in a group home without his mother, and never knew his father.
Who is Bud?
This word means liveliness and eagerness.
What is alacrity?
I am the author of "Bud, Not Buddy" a story of a 10 year old boy in search of love, stability and family during the Great Depression.
Who is Christopher Paul Curtis?
The last sentence in the introduction paragraph that express what the essay will explicate.
What is the thesis statement?
A ____ and _____ are required to form a complete sentence.
What is a subject and a predicate?
The setting of "Bud, Not Buddy"
Flint and Grand Rapids, Michigan
This word means a major change in the form, shape, character, or nature of something.
What is transformation?
I am the mother of Bud Caldwell in the text, Bud, Not Buddy. I am the daughter of Herman E. Calloway and I loved reading fictional books and horses.
Who is Angela Janet Caldwell/Calloway?
Writing Task that normally requires you to compare and contrast similar themes between multiple texts.
What is a Literary Analysis?
The subject in the sentence: "The book that you lent me was fascinating."
What is book?
"When one door closes, another one opens."
- Angela Janet
The deeper meaning: there will always be opportunities to succeed if you don't give up on your goals.
This word means something that occurs at the beginning or is earliest.
What is initial, initially?
I am the author of the texts: Harlem, Mother to Son, and Thank You Ma'am. I often write in an effort to encourage African Americans during difficult times in America. I am central figure of the "Harlem Renaissance"
Who is Langston Hughes?
Requirements for a narrative task are:
Narrative task need: characters, setting, problem and solution (plot), dialogue and theme (lesson learned); you must re-tell, continue or create a story.
The speaker from the poem "Mother to Son" and Buds mom from "Bud not Buddy" both teached there son's a lesson too never give up.
(Hint: There are 8 mistakes.)
The speaker from the poem "Mother to Son", and Bud's mom from "Bud, Not Buddy" both taught their sons a lesson, to never give up.
The two band members that Bud had the strongest connections with and why.
Who is Steady Eddie and Miss Grace Thomas.
Steady Eddie defended him, encouraged him, gifted him a new suitcase and recorder, he always taught him how to hold a saxophone. Miss Grace made Bud feel loved and comfortable. She reminded him of his mom with the way she treated and cared for him.
This word means a feeling and an action that involves caring about others, understanding how they feel, and helping them when they are in need.
What is compassion?
I am an ideal which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.
What is the American Dream?
This sentence explains how the evidence supports the topic statement.
What is the elaboration sentence?
One of these sentences contains an independent clause:
a) Because she was tired
b) She went to bed early
c) While the movie was playing
What is B, She went to bed early?
Describe Herman E. Calloway initially and ultimately.
Initially Herman E. Calloway was a mean, old, grumpy and cheap band leader always on the road. He denied Bud as his son, and basically told Bud he was delusional when he called him disturbed. Ultimately, he is actually Bud's grandfather who's humbled after learning of his daughter's death.