Word of the Day
to throw (a person or thing) out of a window, dismiss or remove from an authority
What is defenestrate?
The main character of The Breadwinner.
Who is Parvana?
The person who narrates March: Book One.
Who is John Lewis?
The place that the main character lives at the start of the book.
Where is Northeast Minneapolis?
Number of years that Ms. Camryn has been teaching.
What is 2 years?
something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected; oddity, peculiarity, abnormality
What is anamoly?
Name one of the main character's siblings in The Breadwinner.
Who are Nooria, Maryam, and Ali?
The animal that John helped raise on the farm as a kid.
What are chickens?
The name of the kid whose house gets burned down. (first and last name)
Who is Matt Schroeder?
Ms. Camryn's favorite WNBA team.
Who are the Minnesota Lynx?
to run or move with a steady gait, jog, gallop
What is lope?
The name of the author of The Breadwinner. (First and Last name)
Who is Deborah Ellis?
Name one of the two female activists that John credits as very influential in the Civil Rights movement in March: Book One.
Who are Ella Baker and Diane Nash?
The name of the place where Ezra and Grandpa Liam run the trapline.
What is Chief's Ridge?
Ms. Camryn's favorite energy drink. (specific brand and flavor)
What is Alani Cherry Slushie?
a person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals; fanatic, extremist, radical, diehard
What is zealot?
The other character (not the main character) who pretends to be a boy to earn money for her family.
Who is Shauzia?
March: Book One has 2 settings. A "past" and "present." This is event where the "present" takes place.
What is the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama?
The name of the bear that attacks Grandpa Liam at the end of the book.
Who is Chi?
The college that Ms. Camryn attended.
What is Saint Olaf College?
to cancel, to undo, annul, render null and void, invalidate; repeal, disallow, terminate
What is nullify?
The place that the two girls agree to meet in 10 years if they both able to escape Afghanistan.
Where is Paris, France?
The man who trained John and other students in nonviolent protest strategies.
Who is Jim Lawson?
The names of Grandpa Liam and Grandma Emma's 2 children that were murdered in residential boarding schools.
Who are Ethan and Olivia?
The 3rd thing Ms. Camryn studied in college BESIDES English and Education.
What is Race and Ethnic Studies?