My Left Foot
Vocabulary
Freedom Writers
The Cruelest Journey
Freedom Writers Film
100

The author of "My Left Foot"

Who is Christy Brown?

100

ethnicity

race

100

The setting of the story

What is Wilson High School or Long Beach?

100

The river Kira kayaked 600 miles on

What is the Niger?

100

Mrs. G wore what on the first day of class

What is a pearl necklace?

200

The genre of "My Left Foot"

What is autobiography?

200

segregation

separation

200

The author of the story

Who is Erin Gruwell?

200

Kira started her journey at this city

What is Old Segou?

200

T or F Mrs. G was from Long Beach

What is false?

300

The disease Brown suffered from

What is cerebral palsy?

300

alienation

seclusion

300

The event that changed Ms. Gruwell's mind about how to teach the class

What is a student getting bullied for his looks?

300

Kira ended her journey at this city

What is Timbuktu?

300

Mrs. G had the students read this book first

What is The Diary of Anne Frank?

400

The climax of the story

What is Brown wrote an "A" with his left foot?

400
momentous

important

400

The book's title is taken from what historical event?

What is the Freedom Riders?

400

Kira was on the river for this amount of time

What is over 30 days?

400

How many parents showed up on "Back to School" night?

What is none?

500

Brown's mother is _____

What is strong?

500

profound

meaningful

500

Zlata Filipovic's book was written about which war?

What is the Bosnian civil war?

500

This explorer went down this river before Kira

Who is Mungo Parks?

500

Mrs. G took the student on this field trip

What is the Holocaust Museum?