Show:
All About Kenny
Plot
Historical Information
Vocabulary
Grammar
100
Name three reasons why Kenny was teased by Larry Dunn and others in school.
He was smart He was a good reader He had a lazy eye
100
What is the setting of the story at the beginning?
The story begins in Flint, Michigan where it is cold and snowy.
100
Who was Elizabeth Eckford?
She was a member of the Little Rock Nine. One of the first African American girls to attend Central High School
100
Define the word "infer"
To guess
100
Flint is an example of what kind of noun?
Proper
200
“There we were, all five of us standing around a car with the temperature about a million degrees below zero and each and every one of us crying” What is the nickname that Kenny calls his family?
The Weird Watsons
200
What big event moves the plot along and causes the family to decide to take Byron to Birmingham?
Daddy has to shave Byron's head because he did not listen to them.
200
What happened to Elizabeth Eckford on the way to school?
White people followed her after she was denied entrance into Central High school and screamed at her.
200
Define the word "conclude"
To end, to stop
200
The Brown Bomber is an example of what kind of noun?
Proper Noun
300
At the beginning of the story, how did Byron treat Kenny?
He was a bully
300
How does Mama's decision that Byron needs to live with Grandma Sand's effect the story, move the plot along?
The Watson’s family decide to drive to the South to drop off Byron at Grandma Sands.
300
Why was the church bombed in Alabama?
The desegregation of schools made the whites in the community angry. They wanted to keep the schools segregated.
300
Define the word "relevant"
Has meaning, meaningful
300
eagle is an example of what kind of noun?
common
400
How would you describe Kenny and Byron's relationship at the end of the story?
They cared for one another. They respected one another. Byron took care of Kenny.
400
"We’d seen the pictures of a bunch of really mad white people with twisted-up faces screaming and giving dirty finger signs to some little Negro kids who were trying to go to school. I’d seen the pictures but I didn’t really know how these white people could hate some kids so much” (123).
Kenny is describing the angry White people of the south reacted to African Americans going to school with them and shows Whites being resistant
400
Describe how the African American people reacted to the church bombing? What happened?
Riots broke out in the streets and they wanted to get back at the whites out of anger. For example they threw rocks at car windows.
400
Define the word "segregation"
Separate, isolation
400
Place the commas in the correct place in the following sentence: Ayla's mother Ms. Ramos asked her to clean the dishes
Ayla's mother, Ms. Ramos, asked her to clean the dishes.
500
What is the climax of the story?
The Church Bombing
500
How did police respond to the riots from the African American people?
They arrested people. They shot and killed two boys.
500
Define the term "integration"
together, incorporated
500
Place the commas in the correct place in the following sentence: Jenny Laura and Miley all drove to Disneyland together.
Jenny, Laura, and Miley all drove to Disneyland together.