New Directions by Maya Angelou & Checkouts by Cynthia Rylant

Make Predictions

Make an informed decision about what might happen later in a narrative

Narrative Essay

Short piece of nonfiction that tells a story about a real person and real events

Significant Details

Details that are critical for understanding the central idea

Rural

Country side

Segragated

Black and white residents kept separated

Playwrite

A writer of plays

Editor

A person who is in charge of determining the final content of a text

Pulitzer Prize

An award established in 1917, recognizing outstanding achievements in journalism, literature, and music

Inauguration

The installation of a president

Toddling

Small toddlers (little kids)

Burdensome

Difficult to overcome

Conceded

Admitted as true or valid; acknowledged

Amicably

In a friendly way

Domestic

A housekeeper for a white person or family (a woman who were black)

Meticulously

Very carefully and precisely

Cotton Gin

A machine that quickly and effectively separates cotton fibers from the seam

Discarding

Toss aside

Lard

A type of cooking fat made from pork fat

Iron braizer

A braizer in a pan or bowl that holds burning coals or charcoal as a heat source for cooking. In some braizers, food is placed on a grill directly over the flames. Johnson uses hers to heat a pot of boiling fat so that she can deep-fry her pies

Savors

Tasty foods

Aroma

Smell

Specters

Ghosts

Pinto Beans

The bean most often used in baked beans

Sardines

Small fish sold in cans

Ladled

Scooped with a slaughted spoon

Emerged

Step out of

Balmy

Having the qualities of balm; soothing, mild, pleasant

Blistering Summer Noons

An extremely hot summer noon time day

Provisions

Things supplied when needed

Assess

Look over and determine, usefulness, and or needed change

Ominous

Threatning

Resolve

Determination to do something

Unpalatable

Distasteful, unpleasant

Point of View

The perspective from which a story is narrated

First Person Point of View

A character in a story who uses the pronouns