2021-Chapter 9 -The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963

Master Chapter 9 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham! Practice figurative language & comprehension.

1. What do we learn in Chapter 9 that is happening in Birmingham? The Alabama game is happening Civil Rights protest are happening They are having a parade 2. Why didn't Joetta like the angel from Mrs. Davidson? (RA) p.127-128 3. Why did Byron sleep in his parent's bedroom the night before the trip? RA p.130 4. "All of a sudden Bryon's face jumped like a bellwent off in his head." Hyperbole Simile Idiom 5. Write what this hyperbole means-"Dad didn't like the direction the conversation was going so he called the landlord for the hundredth time." 6. "Byron jumped out of the tree like a superhero." Simile Hyperbole Metaphor 7. "I'd seen a million people throw a million thingsat the birds and no one had ever really hit one, not even a pigeon." Simile Hyperbole Idiom 8. "She knew if Momma and Dad got up in the morning and Byron had flown the coop that he'd really be a dead man when they finally recaptured him, so I guess she saved his life by snitching." Simile Hyperbole Idiom 9. Write was this figurative language mean-"After that, its kind of hard to count how many warnings I got, because with the trouble I ended up in I must've had a zillion of them." 10. At the end of Chapter 9 we learn that Byron plans to "punish" his parents. How did he plan to "punish" his parents? Did it work? RA- p. 135