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Chapter 30

• I would have been terrified if my child had gone missing.
• No parent would ever want their child to be gone without knowing where they are. That would be the worst feeling in the world.
• I don't understand why Maya did not scold him for running off.
• Maya now understands the importance of being a mother.
• Maya has done a fantastic job coming back to be with her son Clyde. Now she can focus on what really matters in life.

4 Questions:

• How did it feel to be at a wonderful place such as Hawaii?
• Where and what happened to Guy? Is he missing on the boat?
• How was Maya feeling when she realized that her son was now missing?
• What was Guy thinking when he ran off to go swimming and didn't tell his mother?

3Vocab words:

• Inhibition-A writ under the signet prohibiting a debtor from parting with his heritage or burdening it.pg239
• Saranged-the way of sorting things.pg239
• Deduce-to determine by deduction.pg241

2 literary terms:

• Personification: "Anne, a tall blond and one-time professional swimmer, smiled warmly."pg239
• Simile:"The earth ripples like a dark ocean."pg241

1 Overview sentence:

• Maya is now in a happy place in her life and is with her son Clyde who is finally realising that now he has a mother who will always be there for him and go through any extent to make him know and believe that.

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5Comments:
chapters 28-29

• I cant believe that Wilkie made Maya write down everything she can do and is grateful for.
• Maya taught me never to complain over something so little when you are healthy and have everything or close to everything in life.
• It's great that Clyde and Maya finally reconciled their relationship.
• It must have been rough to live with a mother who you constantly have to check if she is still in her room to make sure she will never leave you.
• I think that Clyde maybe traumatized because of his mother's consistent absence in his life.

4 Questions:

• Why did Maya put the thought of killing herself in to her mind?
• How could killing yourself and your only child solve any pain in your life? If anything it would just enable you to move forward.
• Does Maya feel so empty she needs to see a phyciatrist?
• Why did Clyde want to change his name to Guy?
• Can Maya ever get over the past?

3 Vocab words:

• Poignant-Affecting arousing affect.pg234
• Hysteria-A nervous affection occurring mostly in women in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated.pg234
• Perceive-To become aware of through the senses.pg234

2 Literary terms:

• Foreshadowing-"Outside.And don't come back , even if I call you." Maya is going to be a threat to herself in the long run.pg235
• Imagery-"A large darked hair white man sat behind the desk he indicated to sit. He puts his hands on the desk and laced his fingers.His hands were clean and clipped short."pg234

1 Overview sentence: Maya is just now understanding that she needs to become more apart of her son's life and needs to be aware of his needs because he is now sick also she is now more grateful for all the things she can do and does have in her life.

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5 comments:

26-27

• It surprises me that Maya came out of her shell so quickly when it came to learning all these new languages in just two weeks at a time.
• I am proud that Clyde is happy with his mother following her dream to becoming a singer.He seems really supportive.
• I love the way the harmony sounds when it comes to music, to me that is the message to every ones soul.
• You can tell that Maya knows she is the best at singing as soprano.
• Can it seem as much as a bother to you when it comes to Maya's mother calling her all through out the trip to another country besides Zabrea.
  
  
  4 questions:
• How long did it take for Maya to become a soprano or did she always have a high pitched voice?
• Did Maya ever take a second chance to get the role of Besse?
• Did the cast like the way the paparazzi was questioning them?
• Why is it that people take such a bad interst on people of high status?

3 vocab words:

• Overture-Orchestral misic played at the begining of an opera or oration.pg225
• Opression-the act of sujugating by cruelty.pg225
• hobnobbed-to socialze or talk informally.pg226

2 literary terms:

• Personification:"not even a whisper floated over the dark stage."pg225
• Imagery:"She leaned across the table her eyes sparkingly oh so vividly.pg226

1 over view sentence:

• Maya is notucing that being on the raod is not the life style she wants to live for the rest of her life she wants to be more invloved with her son.

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5 Comments:

Chapters 22-25

• I don't understand why Maya puts up with the way the waitress mistreats her.
• Maya must be excited for getting another job offer.
• Maya had a flashback when she spoke about her past relationships with men.
• Throughout the chapters it seems to me that Maya is becoming more matured and developed such as gradually improving her personality.
• Ethel and Martha seem to becoming more closer friends.

4 Questions:

• Why does one of the madame's in store shop answer Maya's question incorrectly;;Is it because she did not her foreign language correctly?
• Zagreb is not a place where there is many colored people..Why is that?
• What does N.K.V.D stand for?
• Is their a reason why Maya never mentions she feels home sick?

3 Vocabulary words:

• Gawk er-A spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness.pg167
• Averted-Turned away,esp. as an expression of feeling.pg167
• Obstreperous-Noisily and stubbornly defiant.pg167

2 literary terms:

• Simile: "As if I were fairy queen or an evil witch."pg168
• Imagery:"They were followed by a heavy women,with a large florid face."pg169

1 Overview sentence:

Maya is learning Serbo Croatian and is warming up to er acting pals that work along side and is sill continuing her touring as a singer.

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5 Comments :
Chapters 21-24

• I don't understand how the actors on the European tours could remember all of their lines.
• I wish I could have seen Maya perform live.
• It must have taken alot of hard work fo may to keep her her voice so creamy and vibrant during performances.
• I would have loved to perform beside Maya at the time she was on the European tour.
• Maya had a flashback regarding her mother and how she rasied her to be a strong women.

4 Questions:

• Did Maya like traveling to Italy even if she did not know the language?
• Was Maya embarrased when she asked the waiter for more coffee and noone understood her?
• How long did it take Maya to realize that she had true talent?
• Was maya heartbroken when she spent so much time away from her son Clyde?

3 Vocabulary words:

• Reverie-An abstract state of absorbtion.pg145
• Grimaced-To twist one face in annoyance.pg146
• Scrutinize-To examine carefully or in minute detail.pg148

2 Literary terms:

• Similie:My mind turned over and over like a flipping coin.pg145
• Metaphor:When Dolores Swann sang "Summertime", the audience was hushed compared to the doll that lay in her arms.pg148

1 Overview sentence:

Maya is he fuffilling her dream as a well known actress/singer, she also learning the italian language along the way.

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5 Comments:
14-17

• Maya is a very jealous person when it comes to not getting a specific job.
• Maya foreshadowed when she would lose previous jobs and compare them to her now acting jobs.
• Maya must really love her son Clyde if she took him to an opera that is strictly for staff only.
• Clyde is only mentioned through his mother's eyes so he is an indirect character.
• Tosh is an indirect character because he is only mentioned 3 xs in the story.

4 Questions:

• Why doesn't Maya feel guilty about lying to her boss or not telling the whole truth?
• Why does Maya wnat the role of Besse so badly?
• How did maya get an acting/singing teacher so easily?
• How does it feel not to get the part you hoped you would get in a drama?

3 Vocab words:

• Pious-Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity?pg113
• Demmured-The voice opposition.pg115
• Perturbed-Flustered in some sense.pg115

2Literary terms:

• Personification-The resonate voice straddled the music and rode it, controlling it.pg113
• Similie-He waved his hand like a flag in the wind.pg113

1 Overview sentence:

Maya is striving for an acting role it really his her passion and shee is oh so commited.

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Chapters 11-13
5 Comments:

• I don't understand why women degrade their bodies such as Marguerite.
• It bothers me to hear that people think that exotic dancing is an appopriate jod, most women take those jobs to get easy money for their homes. Who am I to judge?
• I am happy that Marguerite came to her senses and quit her dancing job.
• I wonder if Marguerite ever shared her private life with any of her family.
• I woul not have had the cougare to stand up and perform for a group of men. That is beyond me!
  
  
  4 Questions:
  
• Do colored women get payed differently than the white women in the work station?
• Why does this girl keep flipping in her stripper audition? Does she think that her body will sell?
• When it comes to my mind selling my body will never become an option.
• I wonder if Marguerite ever had a second thought to having to dance to make a living.

3 Vocabulary words:

• Predicament-A situation which extrication is difficult especially unpleasent or trying one.pg56
• illicit-Contrary to morality (especially sexual morality or convention.)pg64
• tense-Is one of the five qualities along with mood,voice,aspect and person.pg70

2 literary sentences:

• Personification-"No hint of sexuality touched her body."
• Metaphor-"I was going to be a shining star shining in the firmament of show biz."

1 Overview sentence-

• Marguerite quits her job and is now a writer and is trying to provide better babysitting care for her young and only child Clyde.

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5comments:

• I would think that Marguerite would have more respect for herself than to strip.

• While Marguerite was changing into her dance clothes she had a flashback of her rape that might happen increasingly.

• It must have been hard dancing infront of all those people for Marguerite.

• "No matter how good a fellow seems on the outside, you have to take him home to know him." This is a flashback to Marguerite's mother speaking of men. This reminds me of the quote "never judge a book by it's cover"

• I wonder if Clyde is taking the separation of his parents well... He probably is since his mother is spending alot of time with him.

4 Questions

• Why did Marguerite's want to work at a strip joint?
• Did Marguerite want to work and trash her reputation at the same time?
• Why is Marguerite's ex-husband known as the provider?
• Did Marguerite ever have a second thought about her job?

3 Vocab. words

• exhibited-To present for others to see.pg43

• barriers-Somthing immaterial that obstructs or impedes.pg43

• sympathized-To feel or express compassipns for another's suffering commiserate.pg43

2 literary terms:

• imagery:The pirates cave and captains tables advertised lusty wenches and busy serving girls with hitched up skirts and crowded cleavages and all sketched by the same wishful artist.pg43

• Simile:The dancers resumed picking at their flesh privately like cats licking their fur.pg47

1 overview sentence:

• Marguerite is trying to provide a babysitter for her family and is trying to get a new job apparently at a strip joint. This is her last resort to getting mony because her husband now left her.

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Maya Angelou Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry like Christmas

chapters 3-6

5 comments:

• I cannot believe that the author was raped at an age of seven.(this is a flashback.)
• I guess that the separation of the marriage between Tosh and Marguerite was for the best.
• Clyde needs to understand that his mother is not the culprit in the marraige and that it is not her fault for the separation.
• The love for him will always be in his mothers heart he has no reason to blame anyone for the separation of his parents (Clyde is the son.)
• I wonder how it was so easy to mend the friendship back in the marraige.

4 questions:

• Why doesn't Tosh like black,greek,jews,italian,or irish people?
• Why doesn't Tosh like black peple but he likes Maguerite child?
• Why does the author think that Bailey does not wnat to be her companion?

• Does Maugerite ever feelike it was her fault for her rape?

3 vocabulary words:

• Volatile-Something changed or changable.pg25
• Rambunctious-Boisterous and disorderlypg27
• Solmnity-The quality or conditon of being Solemn.pg27

2 literary terms:

• Imagery: She looked at me until her eyes softened and her lips relaxed.pg25
• Similie:The spirituals and gospels songs were like sweet and sugar.pg28

1 Overview sentence:

• How Marguerite got into the transition of not having a husband due to separation and having to explain that to her son and having to go through the women changes of moving on with faith.

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chapters 1-3
5 Comments
It seems that Marguerite wants to fond tthe worst in Louise.

a flashback in history: Whites were constant in our history as the seasons and as the unfamiliar as affluence..pg7

character had a flashback of when she worked in San Diego in a house of prosttuition.

the author (main character is very well educated and has a unique way of words.

The character had a flashback of the church she visted at a young age church (chrirstisn methodist epicopal church.)
4Questions
why does the author spell her name Marguerite(marg-you-rite) repeatedly?pg3

Why does Mauguerite think a white women Louise is her freind out of pity?pg4

Why would Marguerite take a job where she is going to feel uncomfortable?pg8

why does Marguerite view white people as bible cluthers?pg8

3 vocab words

Seminously-somewhat concerning ominous manner. pg14

Unnerve-disturb the composure of pg11

sermon-an address of a religious nature. pg13

2 literary terms
Simile- the music fitted me like a tailor made clothes.pg3

forshadowing-the characters may go to Church.pg13
1 overview sentence:
It seems thaat Maurgerite is getting very close too getting a new job and providing more for her family.