![]() ![]() Saves you time and engages students These questions are for the book Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga, a novel written in free verse about a Syrian girl coming to the US. Use as a whole class novel or reading circle. “When you walk around town, / you had better show deference to our president- / to his large picture that is in almost every shop, / and the armed guards that are now on every corner. Perfect as a diverse book for middle school. “Those men who spill blood and manipulate the Quran to say / things that the rest of us know it does not say.” (Poem 11, ) To handle or influence skillfully, typically in an unfair manner She was being posh / which is an English word she taught me.” (Poem 7, ) “I almost laughed but / then I realized she wasn’t being funny. ![]() “He calls them treasonous and / Issa says that it is our president / Bashar al-Assad / who is treasonous, / who is oppressing his own people.” (Poem 6, ) It tells the story of 12-year-old Jude, who lives with her family in a seaside, tourist town in Syria. Involving betrayal of one’s country traitorous Other Words for Home is an award winning novel by Jasmine Warga. “Her dark curls aren’t on display anymore, / tumbling to her shoulders / in unruly waves that remind me of laughter.” (Poem 3, ) Not submissive or conforming to rule ungovernable unrestrained ![]()
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