Synonyms or Antonyms
Hot and cold
What are antonyms
Memoirs are written in this point of view.
What is first person point of view.
In the memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson is compared to this person multiple times.
Who is her older sister. Odella.
Sandra Cisneros used this type of figurative language in her memoir, Eleven.
What are similes.
One notice and note sign post is contrast and contradiction. Explain this sign post.
What is a character acting differently than they have in the past or opposite then what is expected from that character.
Hilarious and Funny
What are synonyms
What is snapshot.
In the memoir, Stevie, Jacqueline Woodson shares the importance of this book to her. This is the reason this book means so much to her.
What is the are people that look like her in the book.
Similes are used by authors in good writing. This is what makes similes different types of figurative language.
What is compares two unlike things using the words like or as to compare.
Aha moments are another sign post we have studied. Explain this sign post.
What is a character making a sudden connection, understanding or clarity about something that is life changing.
Synonyms are words that are...
What are similar or the same in meaning.
The title of the memoir written by Jacqueline Woodson.
What is Brown Girl Dreaming.
In the memoir, When I Tell My Family, Jacqueline revels how her family respond to her dream. This is her dream. This is her families response.
What is a dream to be a writer.
What is telling her writing is a good hobby or trying to point out other jobs she should consider.
Sandra Cisneros writes about her eleventh birthday in this memoir. The memories are not good. Give one example of why they are not good.
What is feeling unheard, unimportant, acting like a baby, mistreated...ect.
Tough questions is a sign post we have studied. Explain this sign post.
What are hard questions that a character asks themselves. They are hard to answer and life changing.
Antonyms are words that are...
Opposite in meaning.
The title of the memoir written by Sandra Cisneros.
What is Eleven.
Jacqueline Woodson, in Brown Girl Dreaming, tells the reader of these struggles.
What are reading, writing and support from her family.
Sandra Cisneros uses the notice and note sign post of again and again. share an example of this from Eleven.
What is...
Today I am eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two and one.
Not mine, not mine, not mine. Etc.
Words of the wiser is a sign post we have studied. Explain this sign post.
What is a character getting helpful advice from an older wiser character to help them through a tough time or situation.
A synonym for silly.
Memoirs contain a life lesson, the term used for the life lesson.
What is a theme.
The writing style used by Jacqueline Woodson in Brown Girl Dreaming.
What is a memoir written in verse.
Unit one focuses on making ourselves heard. In Eleven, is Sandra is not feeling heard. These are the people who do not listen.
Who are...
Teacher
Family
Students
Memory moment in another sign post we have studied. Explain this sign post.
What is a character stopping the story and sharing a memory moment from their past. This memory usually helps guide a character through a difficult moment.