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Seedfolks Workbook
SEEDFOLKS
DURING READING Complete WHILE you read the book.
Check when complete:
Characterization Log
Setting Log
Historical References Log
Chapter Reviews
CHARACTERIZATION LOG List ANY CLUES that you gather for each character. Remember, you may find clues in other chapters. Do not limit your search to character’s chapter.
Where are they from?
Characteristics Their actions What do they need? What seeds do they plant?
Kim
Ana
Wendell
Gonzalo
Leona
Sam
Virgil
Sae Young
Curtis
Nora
Maricela
Amir
Florence
SETTING LOG
USING TEXT TO TEXT AS EVIDENCE Record quotes that PROVE that Cleveland was perceived as a dangerous area:
Hint: What do people say and do in response to the danger and violence. What do people see in their neighborhood?
Gonzalo Why doesn’t Gonzolo’s Uncle, Tio Juan, sit out in the plaza?
Leona
What does Leona say about the neighborhood?
Sam
What does Sam compare the city of Cleveland to?
Virgil
What does Virgil deal with?
Sae Young
What happens to Sae Young?
HISTORICAL REFERENCES LOG
As you read Seedfolk, you will record quotes that PROVE that Cleveland is a city that experienced “White Flight. “
Hint: Look for quotes that demonstrate that white families once lived in the neighborhood and that the neighborhood now has many immigrants and non-‐white families living there.
Ana What does Ana see from her window?
Virgil
What does Virgil find in the garden?
KIM Check when complete
Read Pages 1-‐3
Fill in Characterization Chart for Kim
Complete “Imagery Worksheet”
Complete “Word Study – Kim”
IMAGERY A great deal of Kim’s story deals with her connection with her family. Kim states, “When his spirit hovered over our alter, did it even know who I was.”
Who is Kim talking about in the quote above? ______________________________
Below is a picture of an altar created to honor a family member who has died.
Use the following words to describe what you see in the picture:
family, alter, incense, candles, feast
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Why does Kim plant her six lima beans?
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WORD STUDY -‐ KIM The following words are written in a sentence that provides you with context clues. Using the information from the sentence, write your OWN definition for each word.
The vacant had not been occupied in years.
The sun started to peek through the curtains at dawn.
After Suzy threw a pencil, the teacher gave her a stern look.
Kim wanted the plant to thrive, so she watered and weeded around the plant.
1. vacant ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
2. dawn____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
3. stern____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
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ANA Check when complete
Read pages 4-8
Fill in Characterization Chart for Ana
Fill in Historical References Log for Ana
WENDELL Check when complete
Read pages 9-12
Fill in Characterization Chart for Wendell
GONZALO Check when complete
Read pages 13-17
Fill in Characterization Chart for Gonzalo
Fill in Setting Log for Gonzalo Complete “Inferences” Worksheet
Complete “Analogy Worksheet
Complete “Word Study – Gonzalo”
INFERENCES (After Gonzalo)
We know that Tio Juan knows how to grow food because:
(find at least TWO quotes)
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ANALOGY
(After Gonzalo)
An analogy is a comparison between two things. An author uses an analogy link something new to something we already know in order for the reader to understand the new idea. Gonzalo compares his father to a child. The reader does not know Gonzalo’s father, but we all know what a child is like. So, the author compares Gonzalo’s father to a child in order for us to understand Gonzalo’s father. This is what he says about his father: “The older you are, the younger you get when you move to the United States.” Page 13 “He got younger. I got older.” Page 14 1. Explain why Gonzalo felt that his father got “younger” when he moved to the United States. (Use examples from the text) i.e. His father was younger because________________, for example __________________. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ This is what Gonzalo says about his uncle, Tio Juan: “Tio Juan was the oldest man in his pueblo. But here he became a little baby.” Page 15 2. List one more quote from this chapter where Gonzalo refers to his uncle as a child. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
3. Complete this sentence: The author chose to have Gonzalo compare his father and uncle to immature children because ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
This makes me reflect ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________about Gonzalo.
WORD STUDY – GONZALO The words listed below are all Spanish in origin.
bodega – A small convenience store that sells groceries.
Pueblo – A small town
Why did the author choose to use these words for Gonzalo to use?
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LEONA Check when complete
Read pages 18-22
Fill in Characterization Chart for Leona
Fill in Setting Log for Leona
SAM Check when complete
Read pages 23-35
Fill in Characterization Chart for Sam
Fill in Setting Log for Sam
Complete “Activation of Prior Knowledge” Worksheet
Complete “Word Study – Sam”
ACTIVATION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
(after Sam)
A duck gives birth to a duckling, not a moose. 26
Prior knowledge – Tried to start a world government.
He saw that all the plots were separated by race and states, “The garden was a copy of the neighborhood.”
WORD STUDY – SAM Sam is an interesting character. He has good intentions to support his local garden. Sam says, “Now that I’ve given up the fight, I’ve switched battlefields, from the entire planet to this corner of Cleveland.” He also notices that the garden is “a copy of the neighborhood.” 1. What does he mean by this? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ He then says, “A duck gives birth to a duckling, not a moose.” Page 26 2. What does he mean by this? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. List three things that Sam does to help the garden: 1. ___________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________
VIRGIL Check when complete
Read pages 29-35
Fill in Characterization Chart for Virgil
Fill in Setting Log for Virgil Fill in Historical References Log for Virgil
SAE YOUNG Check when complete
Read pages 36-39
Fill in Characterization Chart for Sae Young
Fill in Setting Log for Sae Young Complete “Problem and Solution” Worksheet
PROBLEM/SOLUTION
(end of Sae Young)
Sae Young then says, “I want to be with people again.”
How else could have Sae Young responded to the attack?
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What is the another way the gardeners could have responded to the homeless man who pulled up the plants? _____________________________________________________________________________
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Sae Young is acacked by a man at her business,
so she __________________________________
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Page 27
Homeless man pulled out plants from the garden,
so gardners__________________________________
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What is another way the gardeners could have delivered water to the garden?
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Page 39
There is no water source at the garden,
so SAM__________________________________
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CURTIS Check when complete
Read pages 40-45
Fill in Characterization Chart for Curtis
Complete “Word Study – Curtis”
WORD STUDY – CURTIS Look up the following words in the dictionary and fill in the chart:
NAME OF MUSCLE LOCATION OF MUSCLE IN BODY i.e. Leg, head, arm
calves legs
deltoids
pecks
quads
NORA Check when complete
Read pages 46-51
Fill in Characterization Chart for Nora
Complete “Word Study – Nora”
WORD STUDY – NORA Nora is from England. She uses words that may not be familiar. Look up the words in the
dictionary and fill out the chart below.
WORD Part of Speech noun, verb, adjective, adverb
Definition of the word
pram
gales
obliged
sported
haphazard
furrowed
pantomime
MARCIELA Check when complete
Read pages 52-57
Fill in Characterization Chart for Marciela
AMIR Check when complete
Read pages 58-64
Fill in Characterization Chart for Amir
Complete “Word Study – Amir”
WORD STUDY – AMIR The following words are written in a sentence that provides you with context clues. Using the information from the sentence, write your OWN definition for each word.
The plants started to grow through the crevices in between the broken pieces of concrete.
There was a dweller in the garden and he left early every morning.
I worry that the media will exploit the garden and claim that the government helped clean the space.
1. crevices ____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
2. dweller____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________
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FLORENCE Check when complete
Read pages 65-69
Fill in Characterization Chart for Florence
Complete “Word Study – Florence”
WORD STUDY -‐ FLORENCE A homestead is a word used to describe a home and all of the farm land surrounding the home. Wikipedia defines it as the following:
“A homestead consists of a dwelling, often a farm house together with other buildings and associated land. Historically it referred to land claimed by settler or squatter under the Homestead Act or Dominion Lands Act.”
Florence describes the garden as a homestead. It is an odd choice, as a homestead is often describes as a “farm house” not an apartment. See picture below.
Why does the author choose to use the word homestead?
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SEEDFOLKS
POST-‐READING Complete AFTER you read the book.
Check when complete
Complete “Voice” Worksheet
Complete “Symbolism” Worksheet
Complete “End of Book Assessment”
VOICE
Good readers go back to re-‐read and gather more information. You will go back to re-‐read chapters in order to look at word choice.
KIM Pages 1-‐8
List TWO Sentences that “paint a picture” or sound poetic/not literal
Example: “When his spirit hovered over our altar, did it even know who I was?”
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LEONA Pages 18-‐22
List TWO Sentences that “paint a picture” or sound poetic/not literal
Example: “This wasn’t a job for no wheelbarrow. This was a job for the telephone.” Page 19
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SAE YOUNG Pages 36-‐39
List THREE examples of “non-‐standard” English.
Example: “Then he kick me, break my cheekbone.”
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NORA Pages 46-‐51
List ALL the UNFAMLIAR words you come across.
Hint: List any words you do NOT know or words that you do not hear your friends or family say.
Example: obliged
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AMIR Pages 58-‐64
List TWO Sentences that “paint a picture” or sound poetic/not literal
Example: “In the summers in Dehli, so very hot, my sisters and I would lie upon it and try to press ourselves into its world.” Page 59
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Why did the author choose for Nora to use unfamiliar words?
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Why did the author choose for Sae Young to speak in “non-‐standard” English?
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Why did the author choose for Kim, Leona and Amir to use sentences that “paint a picture” or sound poetic/not literal?
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Symbolism Use the CHARACTERIZATION LOG to help you fill in the following sentences.
CHOOSE to focus on FOUR characters from the book.
EXAMPLE: Kim planted lima bean seeds. Kim wants to honor her father and the seeds symbolize her desire to remember her father.
1. _____________________ planted ___________________seeds.
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2. _____________________ planted ___________________seeds.
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3. _____________________ planted ___________________seeds.
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4. _____________________ planted ___________________seeds.
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End of Book Assessment “Back then, I didn’t know it was you…”
Many people changed their perceptions about other people in the book.
Read the notes you collected in your CHARACTERIZATION LOG to help you answer the questions.
WENDELL
Wendell says, “She gave me some binoculars and told me about the Chinese girl.” Page 10
Was Ana’s first impression of Kim accurate? Explain why or why not.
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SAE YOUNG
Sae Young stated, “Under coat he has a gun. He take the money out, then push me down. He yelling at me. Very bad words. Then he kick me, break my cheekbone. Then he kick me again, head hit hard against wall and I go to sleep.” Page 37
Because she is afraid of everyone, she is alone. She stays in her house.
How does Sae Young change her perception of people?
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MARICELA
Maricela says, “I am a Mexican, pregnant sixteen-‐year-‐old. So shoot me and get it over with.” Page 52.
She then states, “And just for just that moment I stopped wishing my baby would die.” Page 57
Why did she say that? What changed her mind?
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Amir Page 58
Amir says, “The object in America is to avoid contact, to treat all others as foes unless they are known to be friends.” Page 58
Do you agree with what Amir says?
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What made people approach Amir?
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BONUS
Similes and Metaphors An icy wind teetered trash cans and turned my cheeks to marble. Pg.2
The next moment she disappeared like a rabbit. Pg.6
My curiosity was like a fever inside me. Pg.7
I felt like I had read through her diary and ripped out a page without meaning to. Pg.7
Most all the whites left Then the steel mills and factories closed and everybody left, like rats. Pg.5
Shot dead like a dog on the street. Pg.9
So he wandered around the apartment all day, in and out of rooms, talking to himself, just like a kid in diapers. Pg.14
He seemed to recognize them, like old friends. Pg.17
They were all trained to be as slippery as snakes. Pg.21
Then we walked back and forth, picking glass, like chickens pecking seeds. Pg.30
I could see ‘em in my mind, bright as traffic lights.
As still as a cat, behind the lace curtain, there was her face, staring down at the sign. Pg.45
Some remembered sent was pulling him. He was a salmon travelling upstream through his past. Pg.47
SEEDFOLKS
PRE-‐READING Complete BEFORE you read the book.
WORD CHOICE The author uses descriptive language to describe emotions, scenery and human interactions.
Match up the “plain” sentences with more “descriptive” sentence that have the same meaning.
People started a garden in a new place.
I am lonely.
I wanted people to take me seriously.
It helped us.
We were very hot.
We needed to solve a problem.
My phone doesn’t ring much. To our left was a lot in which a few bold pioneers had planted gardens.
It was a mind altering drug we took daily.
In the summers in Delhi, so very hot, my sisters and I would lie upon it and try to press ourselves into its world.
This wasn’t a job for no wheelbarrow. This was a job for the telephone.
I had to make myself real to them.
Inflective Endings An inflectional ending is something you add to a word in order to change its part of speech and how the
word is used.
Use the dictionary to find the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) and then record the definition in your own words.
WORD PART OF SPEECH Define in your own words
permanent adjective Not moveable, something that stays forever.
brave
perfect
trash
definite
Match the words from the list above to an inflectional ending in order to make a new word.
WORD INFLECTIONAL ENDING
permanent ly
brave ly
perfect y
trash ly
definite ry
Prefix A prefix is something you add to the FRONT of a word to change its meaning. ]
PREFIX Meaning bi-‐ two/pair un-‐ not/reverse of/deprived of dis-‐ not/opposite of inter-‐ between/among
List as many words (at least three each) as you can that have the following prefixes:
bi-‐ un-‐ dis-‐ inter-‐ binoculars unscrewed disgrace interrupt
I have defined the prefix and the base word (the word after the prefix).
Using this information, write YOUR OWN definition of each word.
PREFIX BASE WORD MY DEFINITION OF THE WORD
bi two
(n)ocular eye
un not
screw twist
dis not
grace to be liked/in good favor
inter between
rupt break
Suffix A suffix is something you add to the END of a word to change its meaning. For example, you
can say that 2 + 2 “equals” 4. (equa-‐ means “same as” in Latin) or you can solve an “equation” (-‐tion is a suffix that changes a word into a noun).
PREFIX Meaning
-‐tion two/pair -‐ist not/reverse of/deprived of
-‐ment not/opposite of
List as many words (at least three each) as you can that have the following suffixes:
-‐ist -‐ment -‐tion
receptionist government conversation
alterations
satisfaction
Let’s take a closer look the following words. I have separated the suffix from the rest of the word. I have defined the suffix and the base word (the word before the suffix). Using this
information, write YOUR OWN definition of each word.
BASE WORD SUFFIX MY DEFINITION OF THE WORD
reception to receive
ist one who does or makes
govern to rule
ment the result of _____
convers(e) to be in communication with
tion the act of the ____
alter(a) to change
tion the act of ______
satisfy(act) to make content
tion the act of being _______
Now, take a look at how the suffix changes the base word.
(NOTE: The spelling of a base word may change if it is not attached to a suffix i.e. satisfac = satisfy)
BASE WORD ALL VERBS
SUFFIX NEW WORD ALL NOUNS
reception to receive
+ ist receptionist
govern to rule
+ ment
government
converse to be in communication with
+ tion
conversation
alter to change
+ tion
alteration
satisfy to make content
+ tion
satisfaction
