The Story
In this story, a city community in Cleveland comes together when they:
tend to a garden lot
The girl who started the garden because she wanted to connect with her father who died before she was born.
Kim
Another word for empty
Vancant
Communication barriers can be broken
Tio Juan
Mr. Myles
Wendell: for this dude, talking can be as simple as smiling.
Sam
What does Kim plant?
lima beans
Why doesn’t the city clean up the trash in the neighborhood?
it is a dangerous, poor neighborhood
planted tomatoes in an attempt to get his ex girlfriend back
Curtis
The lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
Don't trust a book by its cover
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Royce
Curtis
Ana judging Kim
Miss Fleck
What is the name of Gonzales' father?
Tio Juan
One thing the garden helps people accomplish in Seedfolks is:
overcoming their differences
Woman who couldn't leave her house for two years--she owns a dry cleaning business.
Sae Young
a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. Synonyms: accident,a happy chance,unexpected
coincidence
the healing aspect of working with the land
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Tio Juan
Mr. Myles
Curtis
Kim
Amir
doesn't actually plant anything in the garden because she has arthritis
Florence
How do the characters feel about each of their little plots?
proud and protective
school janitor who helped Ana out when she twisted her ankle
Wendell
A Persian word meaning walled garden
Paradise
the power of the individual to effect good in a society.
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because one person decided to plant beans in the vacant lot the community was brought together
What is an inference you can make about what will happen after the book ends?
The garden will continue and possibly get upgrades to the garden itself and the neighborhood.
What does the garden symbolize to many of the characters in Seedfolks?
Hope
teenager who sleeps in the community garden; he's homeless after his dad beat him and kicked him out
Royce
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is inference
out of something ugly, something beautiful can grow
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Their differences kept them apart because they were from various ethnic backgrounds.
The work done in the community garden by characters like Kim, Leona, Gonzalo, and Tio Juan brings everyone out of isolation in their homes to form friendships built on a common goal.
Where does Seedfolks take place? City and State.
Cleveland, Ohio