Vocab
The Other Wes Moore - Author Wes
Active Reading Strategies
The Other Wes Moore - Other Wes
Your Teachers
100

The definition of this word is: a situation in which a person has to choose between things that are all bad or unsatisfactory

dilemma

100

These are the two names of his sisters

Shani and Nikki 

100

This ARS tells us to picture the scenes in the book to better understand the plot.

Visualize

100

Other Wes had how many children by the time he was in his early twenties?

Four

100

Your teacher goes to what college? 

Ms. Charlotte: Amherst College 

Ms. Sadie: Columbia University 

200

What part of speech is the word myriad?

noun

200

These are the names of the schools he attended (name two)

Riverdale and Valley Forge

200
List the three types of connections we can make between the text and something else. 

Text to self

Text to world

Text to text

200

The name of the job-training program Wes attended but didn’t complete.

Job Corps

200

Where did your teacher grow up

Ms. Charlotte: NYC

Ms. Sadie: Chicago

300

This is the definition of vertigo

a feeling of dizziness

300

Who is Author Wes’s roommate at military school, whose leadership inspired him.

Justin

300

What are the five parts of a plot diagram?


exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

300

Other Wes was arrested in this U.S. state.

Pennsylvania

300

What type of school did your teacher go to? (think of the different types from your HSO class)

Ms. Charlotte: Boarding (bonus if your remember the name)

Ms. Sadie: Public

400

The definition of this word is: a state of alarm or nervousness

trepidation

400

Author Wes had an early run-in with police for this reason.

tagging/graffiti (spray-painting his name on a building)

400

This tool helps analyze two different characters by displaying shared traits in the overlapping area and unique traits in the separate sections.

Venn diagram

400

What is the name of the correctional facility the Other Wes Moore is at?

Jessup Correctional Institution

400

What is your teacher's last name?

Ms. Charlotte: Myers-Elkins 

Ms. Sadie: Cho

500

The example given for this vocab word is: a new [blank] of the eye

pathology

500

Where did Wes Moore's grandparents immigrate from?

Jamacia
500

This ARS asks us to consider: 

  1. Is this character acting or responding in a realistic way?

  2. Does this even make sense for these characters?

  3. What would be a better course of action for the characters?

Evaluate

500

What are the names of the two women Wes has children with?

Alicia and Cheryl

500

What are your teacher's two majors in college?

Ms. Charlotte: Sociology and Sexuality, Women's, and Gender Studies

Ms. Sadie: English and Psychology