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| Comprehension Guide | ||||||||||
 Jazmin's Notebook by Nikki Grimes Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998 ISBN: 0-8037-2224-9 |
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| Knowledge | 1. | List at least five characters fromJazmin's Notebook, and explain their relationship to her. | ||||||||
| 2. | Describe Jazmin in your own words. | |||||||||
| Comprehension | 1. | Explain how Jazmin came to live with her sister. | ||||||||
| 2. | Describe what happened at the poker game. | |||||||||
| Application | 1. | Select three short excerpts from Jazmin's Notebook that you think best describe her as a person. | ||||||||
| 2. | List details that let you know the story takes place in the 1960s. | |||||||||
| 3. | Then, explain how things are the same and different from that time until now. | |||||||||
| Analyze | 1. |
Define the following poetic terms:personification, simile, metaphor, alliteration, assonance. |
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| 2. | Choose two of Jazmin's poems to analyze. Find examples of at least three of the poetic elements listed above. | |||||||||
| Synthesize | 1. | How would you have handled the situation at Carlton's apartment?What did you learn fromJazmin's experience? | ||||||||
| 2. | Pretend Jazmin is your pen pal. Write her a letter that takes place after your favorite section of the book. | |||||||||
| Evaluation | 1. | Which poem is your favorite?Why? | ||||||||
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Which scene do you think best reveals Jazmin's true character?Why? |
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