The Watsons go to Birmingham

1. It was so cold on Saturday, the Watson's sat huddled together under a blanket on the couch



2. Momma felt the cold the most because she was from Alabama



3.Kenny and his family lived in Flint Michigan



4. Joetta was Kenny's little sister



5. According to Kenny, which of the following was not true of his older brother Byron: he didn't want to touch anyone or be touched.



6. The weather man said the temperature in Atlanta, Georgia would reach the mid- seventies.



7. Dad told Kenny , Byron , and Joetta they were lucky not to be children of mommas old boyfriend named Hambone Henderson.



8. When she was about to laugh , Momma put her hand over her mouth because she had a big gap between between her two front teeth



9. Which of the following was not a warning Moses Henderson gave momma about Flin: IT was to cold , babies were born with lumpy heads



10. Momma said life in Birmingham , even though it was not perfect , was slower and the people are more honest about the way they felt.



11. Since they couldn't contact their landlord about their cold apartment , the Watson's planned to spend the night with Aunt Cyndey.



12. The Brown Bomber was the Watson's 1948 Ply mouth



13. Byron and Kenny were not happy when their dad ordered them to scraped the ice off the car windows.



14. Kenny was agitated because Byron was not doing his share of work.



15. The night before , Byron and his friend Buphead had given Kenny lessons on how to survive a blizzard.

16. At first Kenny ignored Byron's calls because he thought his brother was playing another trick on him.

17. Kenny discoverd that Byrons moth was frozen onto the the outside mirror.

18. Kenny's parent's were shook up when they heard Byron was crying.

19. Dad laughed at Byron's predicament because he realized that Byron had been kissing his reflection in the mirror.

20. Kenny could tell Momma was worried because she started talking southern style .

21. During Byron's ordeal, dad kept laughing and making jokes about the situation

22. Pouring hot water on the mirror was not a good idea.

23. With all of them crying standing around the car in freezing temperatures ,Kenny thought it was no wonder the neighbors called them the Weird Watson's.

24. Momma freed Byron from his predicament by yanking his head away from the mirror.

25. On the way to Aunt Cyndey's when Kenny paid Byron back for punching him in the forhead and not doing his share of his work , all the Watson's cracked up.

H.W #43

In this part Maleeka got into a fight with Daphene.The reason they had a fight was because Daphene thought that Maleeka was kissing her boyfriend Worm ,but that was not Maleeka it was Charlese. Maleeka knew that Daphene wanted a fight so Daphene grabbed Maleeka's braids and started punching Maleeka with them then Miss Saunders came and Maleeka was about to smack Daphene , but Miss Saunders grabbed her hand and said cut it out. Then Daphene raised her hand with the heavy ring that worm gave to her had on it and smacked her hand across Maleeka's face. Maleeka's face was swelling up she could feel the blood oozing through her cheek and then Daphene gobbled up a glob of green snot spit then that globed flew on Maleeka's face!!

If I were Maleeka at this moment i would of messed Daphene up because , one she is accusing me of something i never knew then I would of messed Charlese up because shr was just standing there eating a chocolate bar like nothing was going on and then when i got spit on she was the first one out of the whole crowd to start cracking up instead of trying to ignore trouble and saying Daphnee don't fight it wasn't Maleeka it was me or Daphnee who wasn't giving me a chance to explain who it really was which is STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HW #42

Exercise A: threw:passing from one side to the other the past tense of throw

weak: not strong weak

week: seven days

whose:belonging to which person place or thing

who's:a contraction of who and is

your:belonging to you

you're:a contraction of you and are

Exercise B:where

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Exercise C:whether

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H.W # 40

In school Maleeka asked Char did she bring her any clothes. Char kicked the bag to Maleeka and the clothes that Char bought Maleeka were a tight jean jumper. But one day when Maleeka went home , her mom was at the window with a big smile on her face , she told Maleeka that she got a bonus on her check and finally got some extra money to throw around , so Maleeka got some shirts , some pants , and enough lip gloss to shine rims on a car. When she went to school and she was walking down the hallway strutting her stuff and everyone was looking at her. When she got to Miss Saunders class Char had to put Maleeka on the spot and said your momma finally got you some new clothes.

I think the relationship between Char and Maleeka are unusual because their friendship is on and off. It is like one day Char is giving Maleeka really expensive clothes and the next day Char is dissing Maleeka really bad and then it repeats everyday over and over again

HW#37

Esperanza is a girl who has moved every year and she never skipped a year she would move to north Carolina in 2004,in 2005 she would move to Bronx and so on. when she moved to a really not so beautiful house on mango street everything go's wrong. The house has one washroom ( bathroom)one bedroom their living room is smaller than the bathroom. She is embarrassed for people to see her house for example she goes to a Catholic school and sister Samantha came to go speak to her mom and when she saw her house the sister open her mouth so wide a fly can go in it she looked surprised also shocked the sister walked away real quickly like she never saw nothing.

If I were Esperanza at this moment i would walk to her and ask her what is the matter i thought you had to talk to my mom and tell her that some people can't afford luxury condos and big houses with pools and backyards with little play parks in it. I would also tell that this is all my mom could afford and i like it just the way it is and no one cares how shocked or surprised she is and no one cares about her rude opinion.

HW#31

A song that reminds me someone is Thinking Of You by Katy Perry it reminds me of both of grandfathers because they had past away when i wasn't even thought of . there names were Victor and Earl. They both died from heartatakes. i wish they were still alive so they can see there grandaughter and how big she had got but there is one thing i know is that he is watching is grandaughter from up above

Forgeting The Past Changing The Future

The African burial ground is a place were african people were burried.It tells you that their are slaves and it is sad how most slaves usually die in their fortys.People that are this nationality are finally getting the respect they deserve.

The africans were first bought to New York by the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries.tThey were from many diffrent regions,cultures,and religions. More than 12 million men, women and children made the agonizing voyagae across the Alantic Ocean. In the African burial ground a lady was found with an infant in the crook of her arm. A lady was found with a musket ball in the side of her ribs. A man was also found a sign on his coffin called sankofa which means hope.That is the sign that is used more often in the burial ground.

I think that this place will help other people who are African need to realize that some of thier people are being noticed and finally appreciated. Even people who arent that nationality will realize how bad they were treated and how they get more respect in the 21 century.