The Story
In this story, a city community in Cleveland comes together when they:
tend to a garden lot and create a garden.
The girl who started the garden because she wanted to connect with her father who died before she was born.
Who is Kim?
“Gibb Street became the line between the blacks and the whites, like a border between countries.”
What is a simile?
What 3 characters shows the fact that communication barriers can be broken?
Tio Juan
Mr. Myles
Sam
Where does Seedfolks take place?
(City and State)
What is Cleveland, Ohio?
Why doesn’t the city clean up the trash in the neighborhood?
it is a dangerous, poor neighborhood/ they do not drive through it
Who planted tomatoes in an attempt to get his ex girlfriend back
Who is Curtis?
“God, who made Eden, also wrecked the Tower of Babel, by dividing people. From Paradise, the garden was turning back into Cleveland.”
What is a metaphor?
Who said, "What is No one will pay attention to phone complaints, but they will to live, smelly trash!"
Who is Leona?
What specific actions or moments in the garden help Maricela move from feeling hopeless to feeling more connected and confident?
What is when Leona talked to her about how her body is a part of nature and it's is an honor to be a part of it?
One thing the garden helps people accomplish in Seedfolks is:
What is overcoming their differences ?
What is overcoming loneliness?
( I will accept relevant responses)
Who couldn't leave her house for two years--she owns a dry cleaning business.
Who is Sae Young?
Royce ends up being the garden’s caretaker
What is situational irony?
Who doesn't actually plant anything in the garden because she has arthritis?
Who is Florence?
How does the garden help break these stereotypes?
The garden allows characters to work together and learn about each other through shared experiences.
How do the characters feel about each of their little plots?
What is proud and protective?
He is school janitor who helped Ana out when she twisted her ankle.
Who is Wendell?
"We, like our seeds, were now planted in the garden.”
What is a metaphor?
What is a very important problem that the people who are planting in the garden have keeping the garden alive?
What is lack of water/getting enough water to the plants, so they can survive and grow.
What is the significance of the title Seedfolks?
What is through working in the garden, they begin to grow emotionally and socially. Small actions—talking to a neighbor, sharing tools, protecting the garden—plant the “seeds” of trust, understanding, and community.
What does the garden symbolize to many of the characters in Seedfolks?
What is hope?
What is family?
This teenager who sleeps in the community garden; he's homeless after his dad beat him and kicked him out
Who is Royce?
Gonzalo grows older while his father and uncle grow younger
What is situational irony?
Teenager who sleeps in the community garden; he's homeless after his dad beat him and kicked him out.
Who is Royce?
What is an inference you can make about what will happen after the book ends?
The garden will continue and possibly get upgrades to the garden itself and the neighborhood.