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Questions for discussion:
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Jeanie’s home in Harlem is the setting for much of the action in this story. As you were reading the story, did you notice the details the author used to describe Jeanie’s environment?
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What was Jeanie’s neighborhood like?
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What kind of building did she live in?
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What was the inside of her apartment like? How could you tell that Jeanie’s mother had a hard time making a living?
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Was Harlem the setting throughout the story? Or did the action shift to a different locale?
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The setting of a story is not only the place where a story happens. The setting is also the time when a story happens. Approximately when do you think this story took place: one hundred years ago, during the present, or in the future?
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The people in the story make the setting come alive. How did Jeanie’s school friends and the people in her neighborhood and building liven up the beginning of this story?
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What kind of mood was Jeanie in that afternoon when she arrived home from school? What, do you think, caused this mood?
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How did Jeanie feel about her brother?
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Do you think Jeanie knew how hard her mother had to work? Why didn’t she start getting supper ready before her mother arrived home?
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What were Jeanie’s thoughts about the subjects taught in her school, about the other students, and about Miss Lowy?
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What kind of person is the mother in this story? How do you think she felt about her son and daughter? Support your answers with evidence from the story.
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How do you suppose Billy felt about Jeanie and about his mother? What kind of person do you think Billy might grow up to be
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Miss Lowy had told the students to write about beauty and truth. Did you see “beauty” and “truth” in what Jeanie chose to write about?
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Why was Jeanie eager to see her brother when she returned from school
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Vocabulary
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Writing assignment:
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