The ninth ward or 9th ward is a distinctive region of new orleans, louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. The characters and the storyline were very realistic and believable. Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes overdrive rakuten. For our minilesson we finished our book, ninth ward. I wanted her to read a book that is written by a black author and has lead black characters. The main character of ninth ward is lanesha, who lives in the ninth ward of new orleans.
Their exquisitely happy, though poor, life in the new orleans ninth ward is disrupted by news of a powerful storm approaching. Write a news article about an important event from the book. We will make connections between a video about what happened throughout the course of katrina and the next chapter, still monday in our book, the ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes. Setting story summary the book takes place in lower ninth ward in new orleans. Jewell parker rhodes this is a great book about a young girl who has to face hurricane katrina. Jewell parker rhodes plot main characters the plot is when the hurricane arrives and lanesha has to protect mama yaya, and spot. Ghost boys by jewell parker rhodes reading the middle.
With juliette bennett, james harvey ward, charles black, christine hameed. Ninth ward is about a girl named lanesha who lives with her grandmother named mama ya ya. As the name implies, it is part of the 9th ward of new orleans. See the two other two books in the louisiana girls trilogy, ninth ward. Laneesha loves vocabulary words, providing readers with definitions of her favorites throughout the novel. Summarize the book into a comic or story aimed for younger students or your classmates. Their story is about love and survival in a tough part of town. This lesson will focus on a summary of the novel ninth ward. The story takes place during and after hurricane katrina on august 29, 2005. Aesops fables for theme, textconnections, and textual evidence. A lot of the ccss has students focus on authors purposewhich involved a really deep knowledge of text. Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes i just completed jewell parker rhodes latest book her first written for young people. So when mama yayas visions show a powerful hurricanekatrinafast approaching, its up to lanesha to call upon the hope and strength mama yaya has given her to help them both survive the storm ninth ward is a celebration of resilience, love, family, and friendship, and a deeply emotional story of transformation. Ninth ward childrens fiction by jewell parker rhodes.
Lanesha is scared when the storm turns out worse that mama yaya has predicted. A ccbc recommended multicultural book for children and teens jewell parker rhodes has written a powerful novel about family and survival in the face of tragedy and has created in her twelveyearold narrator lanesha, a true heroine. In this interview, brad bird describes his experience with and vision for the iron giant, a movie based on ted hughess novel, the iron giant. Born with a caul, 12yearold lanesha can see and sometimes communicate with spirits, and her guardian, former midwife mama yaya, has dreams and visions that foretell the future. Lanesha lives in the ninth ward with mama yaya, the woman whos raised her since birth, while the ghost of laneshas mother is the silent third resident of their home. Ninth ward flashcards flashcard machine create, study. This book is about how a girl named lanesha who meets her new.
The shame is that a mix of misperceptions and racially informed myths about the lower ninth ward set the stage for one misguided policy choice after another, at all levels of government. This is an excerpt from the book ninth ward, written by jewell parker rhodes and published in 2010. This kit includes coordinate graphing activities, notes, and anything else you might need. Its focuslanesha, a twelve year old born with a caul covering her head and face, who is connected to the spiritual world and her mama ya ya. Worksheet 2a provides you with a guideline for creating a setting sketch for each general time period. In new orleanss ninth ward, lanesha and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to weather the storm as. Learn grade vocabulary ninth ward books with free interactive flashcards. In this lesson, we will continue our conversations and research about hurricane katrina from 2005.
Jewell parker rhodes is the author of ninth ward, winner of a coretta scott king honor, sugar, winner of the jane addams childrens book award, and the new york timesbestselling ghost boys. By having my students apply their knowledge of ninth ward, and analyze it from other angles, they are understanding choices the author made, and how it affects the overall structure of the book my minilesson for this lesson is a readaloudthinkaloud. Upside down in the middle of nowhere printables, classroom. Along her struggle she finds a sense of her own identity. Mama yaya sits back in her lanesha watched from the porch as the paper bag spun wildly across the street like tumbleweed. Topics on the quiz include laneshas supernatural ability and tashon being different from other kids. Ninth ward resources childrens fiction by jewell parker rhodes. Read each passage and look for clues that reveal the setting.
Remember the setting is the time and place that a story happens. This unit contains everything you need to teach jewell parker rhodess novel, ninth ward. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first. Complete novel unit this unit contains everything you need to teach jewell parker rhodess novel,ninth ward. In the book, the ninth ward, how did lanesha feel when she saw her moms ghost out of bed for the first time ever, watching her move to the attic. It goes on a few days because of flooding and other problems. It is geographically the largest of the 17 wards of new orleans. My daughter says the book was very encouraging and she could see it.
Ginia page 54 in the book ninth ward, who is the popular girl who is always nice to lanesha and doesnt make fun of her. Jul 03, 2015 book trailer for ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes. The political implications of the storm are not discussed, but they could be explored further by an interested reader. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. In the book, the ninth ward, why did lanesha choose to cook chicken, bean, and rice to prepare for the storm. Explain how the author in laneshas voice indicates mama yayas age. We will make connections between a video about what happened throughout the course of katrina and the next chapter, still monday in our book, the ninth ward by.
Before you read, vocabulary, comprehension questions including many higherlevel thinking questions. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. The political implications of the storm are not discussed, but they could be explored. Chapter questions must be written out in complete sentences. This worksheetquiz will assess your grasp of the book ninth ward.
She doesnt have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like other kids on her street. It takes place in new orleans, and begins just as hurricane katrina approaches. Jul 09, 2019 ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes i just completed jewell parker rhodes latest book her first written for young people. Explain that dialect is okay sometimes, and how it enhances the novel.
Create a travel brochure for the setting of the story or scrapbook pages about key characters. Ninth ward study and reading guide use as you read for better comprehensionand for reading class points. The main character as narrator, lanesha, is a april m. Ninth ward kindle edition by rhodes, jewell parker.
Ninth ward, a fictional tale told through the eyes of a child, will introduce readers to the storm and how it affected the neighborhood and the city of new orleans. She has also written many awardwinning books for adults. When shes not writing, shes visiting schools to talk about her books with the kids who read them, or teaching. Theres an additional spot for students to draw a picture or image to help them remember the word. But what she does have is mama yaya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future. A free chart students can complete featuring 25 vocabulary words found in the book ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes. Bizarre happenings and disappearances lead her down a path of political deceit and voodoo. This book is a story set in new orleans during hurricane katrina. In the book ninth ward what line from shakespeare did lanesha memorize and recite for mama yaya. As a warm up, read ninth ward book summary as a class, discussing as you read. Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes book report by ms.
Ghost boys educator guide little, brown books for young. You can use this worksheet and exit ticket on character development either periodically throughout reading ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes or after finishing the book completely. Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes i just completed jewell parker rhodes latest bookher first written for young people. Those foods keep at room temperature longer before they will spoil, so if the electricity goes out, they will still have food to eat p. The 9th ward neighborhood was thrust into the nations.
Individual development and identity teaching social studies. Before the storm lanesha is being raised by mama yaya, the midwife who delivered lanesha to a teenage mother. The narrative voice belongs to lanesha, a 12yearold girl. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Ninth ward resources childrens fiction by jewell parker. Ninth ward is a complete 75 page novel study guide based on the popular novel by jewell parker rhodes. Honor book juvenile works fiction dust jackets bindings authors autographs provenance juvenile fiction. From new york times bestselling and awardwinning author jewell parker rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival in the face of hurricane katrina twelveyearold lanesha lives in a tightknit community in new orleans ninth ward. Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes sunday before you read the chapter. Here is a complete comprehension guide for the book ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes. I used as a reading in my literature class, but we made many connections to social studiescurrent eventsgeography so is a great unit for many courses.
Aug 16, 2010 born with a caul, 12yearold lanesha can see and sometimes communicate with spirits, and her guardian, former midwife mama yaya, has dreams and visions that foretell the future. It is very important for the main character of a story to be appealing in some way, and be able to hold the readers. Awardwinning author jewell parker paints a heartbreaking picture and an uplifting tale of survival in the face of the storm. In the book, ninth ward, by jewell parker rhoades, lanesha is an orphan raised by mama yaya, an 82yearold midwife. This could be used in a classroom as a literacy circle book, or just a read aloud. Suggested teaching resources for ted hughess the iron. Hurricane katrina and its aftermath is a part of recent american history that children should be familiar with. Nov 19, 2012 ninth ward is a celebration of resilience, love, family, and friendship, and a deeply emotional story of transformation community a group of people living in a particular local area. Ninth ward is a story set in the ninth ward of new orleans during hurricane katrina. Oct 19, 2012 worksheets 2a and 2b will help you focus on even the smallest details of a given setting. She has also written many awardwinning novels for adults. Chartsclassroom organizationmake it simpleworksheetsmysterypositivityjoy. Orphaned 12yearold lanesha lives with mama yaya, the midwife who birthed her, in new orleans ninth ward. Why the lower ninth ward looks like the hurricane just hit.
Although lanesha is differentable to see ghosts like that of her dead mothershe never feels unloved, an empowerment that helps. This worksheet quiz will assess your grasp of the book ninth ward. Ninth ward ebook 9780316088411 by jewell parker rhodes. For full credit, you must remember to use a capital and an end mark. The ninth ward or 9th ward is a distinctive region of new orleans, louisiana that is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. The guide is presented chapterbychapter and includes the following distinct sections. When hurricane katrina destroys the lower ninth ward, armani forgets her tenth birthday, focuses on family, and grows up in this convincing novel. Students use the chart to complete the part of speech and definition. Twelveyearold lanesha lives in a tightknit community in new orleans ninth ward. Brad bird gives his reasoning for taking the storys setting to america, as well as for placing it in the 1950s. Choose from 500 different sets of grade vocabulary ninth ward books flashcards on quizlet. In the book, the ninth ward, what is laneshas favorite scene in romeo and juliet.
Ninth ward ninth ward audiobook, by jewell parker rhodes. The lower ninth ward is often thought of as the entire area within new orleans downriver of the industrial canal. All worksheets games guided lessons lesson plans grade level all prek k 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th. An engineer with the us army corps is sent to new orleans after the hurricane the assess the damage. Mama yaya knows it will get bad, but she has no means to get lanesha out of the city. Visiting her grandmother in louisiana, maddy realizes she may be only the sibling to carry on her familys magical legacy. Ninth ward by jewell parker rhodes, paperback barnes. She doesnt have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street.
Characters of tashon and spot and how lanesha spends her time with. These resources will help students connect with this fantastic story about a young girl surviving the worst of hurricane katrina. The ninth ward is the biggest of the 17 wards in new orleans and came into the spotlight after the devastation of hurricane katrina. In this vivid work of realistic fiction the ability to sense things beyond the physical world is simply part of the fabric of mama yayas and laneshas lives. On the western or upriver side, the ninth ward is bounded by going from the river north to lake pontchartrain. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy. It took us a long time to get through, but i really drew out the readalouds by paying attention to things such as details to characters, diagraming the plot, dialogue, setting, voice, and on and on. And when a disastrous oil leak threatens the bayou, she knows she may also be the only one who can help. Rhodes ninth ward is a stunning tale set against the horrors of hurricane katrina.
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