Seedfolks
Who is the author of Seedfolks
Who is Paul Fleischman
Who am I?
I am a 9-year-old girl from Vietnam and I plant 6 lima bean seeds in memory of my deceased father.
Who is Kim
A Table for offering gifts, prayers or candles to ancestors or gods
What is an Alter
The reason that the lima beans were dying. |
1) What is a lack of water? 2) They were planted too early and needed more heat. |
Who said, "She hadn't seen me behind the refrigerator. She looked afraid for her life."
Who is Wendell
Where does the setting of the story take place?
I am a seventy-eight-year-old man that wants to plant Pumpkins.
Who is Sam
A substance burned to create perfume or aroma
What is incense
What is a very important problem that the people who are planting in the garden have keeping the garden alive? |
lack of water/getting enough water to the plants, so they can survive and grow. |
From Seedfolks, according to Sam, name 2 problems in the garden.
No water access, segregation, trash, fighting and fencing.
What book has an urban neighborhood setting of Cleveland, Ohio, specifically on Gibb Street?
What is Seedfolks
From Seedfolks, how does Ana respond when she investigates what Kim buried in the dirt?
What is guilty that she thought the worst, repaired it
To stand unsteadily or almost tip over
What is teetered
One day, when Sam was working in his garden and looked up, what problem did he see about the people who were working in the garden?
What is the divided community of the neighborhood where groups from different countries and culture did not mix with each other?
From Seedfolks, how does Gonzalo learn to speak English?
What is by watching TV and cartoons
Name 3 of the nationalities working the garden on Gibbs St. from Seedfolks that we have read so far.
What is...Vietnamese, Guatemalan, English, American, Jewish
This person lived all his life and worked as a farmer in Vietnam. |
Who is Kim's father
A grocery store, usually one that sells products from Latin-America
What is a Bodega
What was Gonzalo's uncle's problem since he has come to the United States? |
He couldn't communicate in English, so he became like a baby who had to be taken care of; he has lost his dignity. |
From Seedfolks, what does Leona realize as she makes a telephone call regarding the vacant lot?
No one will pay attention to phone complaints, but they will to live, smelly trash!
From Seedfolks, describe what the neighborhood is like where the story takes place?
What is a cultural mix of people…black, Latino, and Asian
Although he couldn't speak English when he came from Guatemala and had to be taken care of like a child, he was an expert in gardening and showed
Who is Tio Juan? |
A public square or space in a city or town
What is a Plaza
What does Sam observe about how the garden is set up?
What is Sam observes that the garden is set up just like the neighborhood with all of the different races separated. Some people begin to put up "keep out" signs and barbed wire.
Who is from Romania and gets involved with the garden because she is is suspicious?
Who is Ana