Characterization
This character is seen as determined in because he never gives up on his dream.
Who is Kojo?
This describes how a character thinks, feels, acts, and the words he/she says.
What is perspective?
This is the plot, setting, characters and theme of a text.
What are literary elements?
This is the word to signify that you are starting a new paragraph.
What is indent?
This word means 'full of beauty' because of the suffix -ful.
What is beautiful?
This character is seen as supportive because she supports her son going back to school.
Who is Kojo's mom?
This statement describes Mr. Taylor's perspective of gardening at the beginning of the story.
Ⓐ In the beginning, he was sad about gardening because the flowers reminded him of his wife, who died.
Ⓑ In the beginning, he was excited about gardening because he wanted to help Mali plant tomatoes and daffodils.
Ⓒ In the beginning, he was upset at gardening because his wife planted the flowers and she was not alive to enjoy them.
Ⓓ In the beginning, he was unsure about gardening because usually his wife planted all of the flowers in the garden.
This detail from "The Fresh Idea" supports how the setting contributes to the plot of the text.
Ⓐ Mali paused to look at the budding trees on her block. (page 39, paragraph 1)
Ⓑ Mali turned, stared, and put her hands on her hips. (page 39, paragraph 3)
Ⓒ “I still need a place to plant my flowers, but there’s room for tomatoes.” (page. 40, paragraph 3)
Ⓓ Mr. Taylor, Mrs. Fair isn’t doing her tomato stand anymore because she’s getting old.” (page 40, paragraph 1)
What is C?
This is added when you want to show dialogue in your writing.
What is quotation marks?
This word describes how beauty can be changed when adding the suffix -ful (beautiful).
What is an adjective?
This character is seen as brave because she is not afraid to take risks to get what she wants.
Who is Mali?
This piece of evidence supports how Mr. Taylor's perspective of gardening changed by the end of the story.
Ⓐ “But first” Mr. Taylor said, “you’ll have to make an investment by buying some tomato plants at the nursery.” (page. 40, paragraph 4)
Ⓑ This was the first spring since his wife dies, and Mali saw the sadness on his face. (page 39, paragraph 4)
Ⓒ “Not only did I get back the money I invested,” said Mali, “but I also made a profit of twenty dollars!” (page 41, paragraph 1)
Ⓓ Mr. Taylor, picturing a garden of zinnias and marigolds, was already looking forward to next summer. (page 41, paragraph 3)
What is D?
This explains how Mrs. Fair closing her market stand contributes to the plot of the story.
Ⓐ Because Mrs. Fair closed her stand, it made Mr. Taylor sad and not want to plant anything in his garden, which led to Mali’s idea.
Ⓑ Because Mrs. Fair closed her stand, Mali went to her swing to think. This led her to come up with her idea.
Ⓒ Because Mrs. Fair closed her stand, Mr. Taylor decided to get tomatoes from his backyard, which led to Mali’s idea.
Ⓓ Because Mrs. Fair closed her stand, Mali and her mom chose to walk around the neighborhood instead of shopping at the market.
What is B?
This is where the comma should go in the sentence below.
"Mom my homework is too hard." said Carl.
What is between Mom and my?
This multiple meaning word can be a part of a body or when you protect yourself with weapons?
What is arm?
These two characters are seen as helpful because they provide tools for another character in the story?
Who are the banker and Mr. Taylor?
This is the bankers perspective of Kojo when he first asks for a loan.
What is unsure, he assumes he is poor and will be unable to pay back his loan?
This is the conflict that Mali has in the story.
This is where the quotation marks should go in the sentence below.
Laura said, My dogs names are Milo and Levi.
What is before My and after the period?
This synonym for 'peer' can be found in the sentence below.
The peers or friends went to the park together.
What is friends?
The author characterized Mali as selfish. This is the reason why it contributes to the plot of the text.
Ⓐ When Mali heard that Mrs. Fair’s stand was closed, she was concerned about everyone’s healthy diet. She came up with a way to help everyone get fresh tomatoes.
Ⓑ When Mali heard that Mrs. Fair’s stand was closed, she laughed and thought that she was too old to run it anymore.
Ⓒ When Mali heard that Mrs. Fair’s stand was closed, she became very sad and went to her backyard to swing.
Ⓓ When Mali heard that Mrs. Fair’s stand was closed, she decided to work with Mr. Taylor to help him rebuild his wife’s flower garden.
What is A?
This is how the bankers perspective changes and he decided to give Kojo the loan.
What is confident, Kojo explains he has taken out a loan before and paid it back?
This is the resolution to Adika's problem in the text.
What is getting the loan from Kojo?
This is how many commas are needed in the sentence below. *bonus points if you can tell where*
"I can't believe it is raining again Sam" laughed Ryan as they walked home from school.
What is 2?
This is the meaning of the word 'healthy' as it is used on page 39 in "The Fresh Idea"
Ⓐ food that you eat
Ⓑ good for your body
Ⓒ fruits and vegetables
Ⓓ tastes delicious
What is B?