
Personal Narrative
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6th Grade
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Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?
Halsey Park
New York City
Uncle Robert's house
Greenville, South Carolina
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Readers can determine that this poem is set in another era in time because
the woman accepts an orange for a payment
a boy bought candy for a girl
the price of the chocolate was ten cents
the boy was kind
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What can you infer that the “oranges” represent?
cold.
chocolate.
money.
love.
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How can we tell that Woodson (the writer) is telling us something important in her writing?
She repeats it
She makes it rhyme
She separates it from the other lines
She puts parentheses ( ) around it
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What is the main thing we learn about Jacqueline's older sister, Odella?
Odella is smart and she reads.
Odella is bossy.
Odella runs wild.
Odella tells lies.
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What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?
It is written in prose.
It is written in poetry.
It is written like a journal.
It is written like a text message.
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How would you describe Woodson's older sister, Odella?
Tells lies
Smart
Wild
Bossy
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How does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?
He thinks they are lies
They make him homesick
He likes them
They confuse him
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Multiple Choice
What does the author always seem to be doing in "Brown Girl Dreaming"?
Making up stories
Dancing in the living room
Trying to sneak out
Getting into trouble
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Multiple Choice
singing with closed lips and without words
twirl
humming
squish
twirl
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a writer tells a true story from a specific period in his or her own life
mood
genre
point of view
memoir
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Who is the author writing about?
The author is writing about her sister.
The author is writing about herself.
The author is writing about her mom.
I am not sure.
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Multiple Select
What clues helped you figure out the author was writing about herself?
Pronouns
The author used her name
I don't know who the author is talking about
The story is written in first person.
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Open Ended
What is a personal narrative?
Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?
Halsey Park
New York City
Uncle Robert's house
Greenville, South Carolina
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