Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Watsons go to Burmingham

1.It was so cold on Saturday,the Watsons sat 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 tried to make Momma laugh all the time.

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

7.Dad told Kenny,Byron,Joetta they were lucky not to be the children of one of momma's 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 her front teeth.

9.Which of the following was not a warning Moses Henderson gave Momma about Flint?Because it was so cold,babies were born with lumpy heads.

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

11.Since they couldnt contact their landlord about their cold apartment,the Watsons planned to spend

12.The Brown Bomber was the Watsons 1948 plymouth.

13.Byron and Kenny were not happy when Dad ordered them to scrap the ice off the car windows.

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

15.The night before,Byron and his friend Buphead had given Kenny lessons in 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 discovered that Byron's lips were frozen onto the outside mirror.

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

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

20.Kenny could tell Momma was woried because she started to talk 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 five of them crying and standing around a car freezing temperatures Kenny thought it was no wonder the neighbors called them the Weird Watsons.

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 forehead and for not doing his share of the work all the Watsons except Byron cracked up.











Thursday, November 12, 2009

hw # 31

The song that reminds me of a place or time is "keep it movin".This songs reminds me of the last day of school.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Burial Ground of the Past

The African Burial Ground is a part of history and is important.The A.B.G was a place where African americans were buried.419 bodies from the burial ground were found.There were actually 10-20 thousands bodies buried.Some of the bodies probaly discintergrated.In 1794 the burial ground was closed.

Not much of the A.B.G was saved.In 1991 bones started to turn up when construction workers started building over it.The goverment didn't think there would be bones there.Turns out 40% of the bodies were children and babies.People suspect they died of a disease.

The A.B.G is important because those are some of everyone's ancestors.Also they had been beaten,hung,or burned alive.The punishment for not working.Some slave were used to build buildings.Being a slave was diffucult.

The Burial Ground was so important to alot of people.They beged and pleaded for the contruction workers not to build over the bodies.This took 18 months but they still built over it.But they left a little space for the bodies.In 2007 the place for the bodies became a memorial.They reburied the 419 bodies.Next to where the bodies are buried there is a statue.On the statue it says...

For all those who were lost
For all those who were stolen
For all those who were left behind
For all those who were not forgotten