Notice and Note
This again and again strategy shows us what Nothukula practices at home
HINT: The specific words she practices at home
What is: like, yeah, right, it's lit
This word would describe how Nothukulu feels about speaking
What is embarrassed, nervous, uncomfortable?
the main person who is the antagonist
Ashley
This is the animal that her family compares her to
a bird
The country Nothukula is from
What is Zimbabwe?
An example of a tough question
What is:
How was your first day at school?
Ms. Johnson asks What happened when she forgets the poem.
When she repeats the poem a second time, she forgets the next line and asks: Why did I trust Auntie’s ridiculous idea?
Nothukula's thoughts about English
What is: she knows the words in her head, but is unable to say them out loud in front of her classmates and teachers
How Nothukula and Cole are alike
What is:
they both are outsiders
they both are uncomfortable about their voices
the theme of the story is mentioned in the last paragraph
What is: a lot of small steps can overcome even the biggest problems
The order that happens in the text:
First
Next
Then
Finally
Answer will vary
This memory moment
When Auntie Thandi speaks in their home language Ndebele (or with an accent) this reminds Nothukula of
What is: home
The effect the girls at lunch have on her
What is:
angry that Ashley says she doesn't speak English
envious because she wants to talk just like them
the meaning of stammered
to stutter
The item in the story that symbolizes how she feels throughout the story
the poem "Sympathy" that is similar to the poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
The person Nothukula will speak to and the reason she speaks to this person
Ms. Johnson
she is kind and patient and wants to help her
Cole tells her she has a beautiful voice and tries to tell her Nice to meet you (in her home language)
This strategy is
Words of the Wiser
How she has changed from the beginning of the story
She has become confident
She just stood there, like a deer in headlights
Explain this simile
She's stunned and shocked and can't move
Birds symbolize
What is freedom, songs
The climax of the story is when a character makes a decision that changes the story
Identify the climax in the story
When she gets nervous and forgets the next line, but looks at Cole who smiles at her
She remembers Auntie Thandi’s advice to do whatever works for her (when she's reading the poem)
This Aha moment is important because
it gives her the confidence to finish the poem
The inference we can make after she gives the speech and starts to talk to Cole
What is: she's be more comfortable talking in front of other people now; they might treat her nicer, she and Cole will become friends
the poem she recites is an example of
conflict: a struggle between two characters
irony: something that is the opposite of what we would expect
allusion: a reference to a well-known piece of literature
inference: a guess that we make based on the text evidence
what is: allusion
Find the theme in the last paragraph and then find a piece of text evidence to support your answer
What is: answers will vary
The meaning of the title
What is: Sounds are beautiful, but can be hard