Vocabulary
What is onomatopoeia?
The use of words that imitate sounds. Example: crash, buzz, hiss and screech.
What is the essential question in the Unit Childhood?
What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up?
Where was Michaela born?
Sierra Leone, Africa
What is the purpose of a compare and contrast paragraph?
Two evaluate two characters and explain their similarities and differences.
What is a panel?
An individual frame of a comic strip.
Name three challenges Calvin faced?
1. Ghost
2. Wild imagination
3. Crush on a girl
What inspired Michaela DePrince to become a ballerina?
Magazine cover of a ballerina she found outside of the orphanage.
What are signal words?
Words or phrases that describe similarities or differences.
Define refugee
A person searching for a placed of safety.
Who is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming?
Jacqueline Woodson
What did the "Aunts" call Michaela at the orphange?
The Devil's Child
The character that is causing hostility. Being opposed of someone. (Bad Person)