Color of Water Post #5

5 Questions I Have
1.Why Rachel was sad
2.Why Aunt Mary didn't want Rachel to see Mameh
3.Why Mameh died
4.Why James didn't find Dee-Dee
5.Why Dennis and Rachel were discriminated against

4 Questions I Have:
1.How did Bubeh die?
2.Why is Tateh so heartless?
3.How did Tateh know that Rachel was going to marry a black man
4.Did Tateh care that Mameh died?

3 Vocab Words
1.shvartse- offensive term for somebody of African ancestry
2.dank- unpleasantly moist or wet
3.macabre- having death as a subject

2 Literary Elements
1."the pain it would have cause her would be nothing like she had ever experienced" simile
2."her memory was like a minefield" simile

1 Summary Sentence
1.The story end, and James recalls on the happy days he had with his mother

Color of Water #4

5 Things I Understand:
1.How Rachel felt after her husband died
2.What Jack and Chicken Man advised James to do
3.Why Rachel was never going to drive again
4.Why Rachel quit her drive
5.What Rocky's intentions were

4 Questions
1.Why did they move to Delaware?
2.What other schools did James apply to?
3.How will James do in college
4.How will Dee-Dee and Rachel's relationship be affected?

3 Vocab Words
1.thrust- puch forcefully
2.immaculate-perfect
3.sputter- To spit out or spray particles

2 Literary Elements
1."emotional feet" personifcation
2."smelling like a pot house" simile

1 Summary Sentence
1. In these chapters, we learn more about the teenage years of James.

Color of Water Post #3

5 Things I Understand
1.What Tateh thought a family outing should look like that
2.Why Rachel loved Peter
3.Why Rachel couldn't tell anyone she was pregnant
4.How Mameh found out about Peter
5.Why Aynt Betsy helped Rachel

4 Questions I Have
1.What will Rachel do?
2.Will Tateh find out?
3.Why didn't Rachel still go to her graduation?
4.How did Rachel feel after the death of Hunter?

3 Vocabulary Words
1. gentile- a person of a non-Jewish nation or of non-Jewish faith
2. epitomize- to make or give an epitome of
3.kosher- being proper, acceptable, or satisfactory under the Jewish law

2 Literary Elemets
1. "my life was the store" metaphor
2."it was like the sun was shining on me for the first time" simile

1 Summary Sentence
1. In chapters 10-15, we find out about Peter, Rachels first love, the abortion and also the death of Rachelf husband.

Color of Water Post #2

5 Things I Understand
1. What Tateh did for a living
2.WhyRachel was embrassed by her mother
3.How living in Suffolk was
4.The difference between Mameh and Tateh
5.Why Rachel's family had no family life

4 Questions I Have
1.Why didn't Mameh want to go south?
2.Why didnt Suffolk like Jews?
3. What happened to Sam after he ran away?
4.Why is Helen being so bad?

3 Vocab Words
1.denizens- citizens
2. absentminded- deep in thought
3. frantic- emotionally out of control

2 Literary Elements
1. "go around singing like a cantor and such." simile
2."talking to him was like talking to a wall" simile

1 Summay Sentence
1. In these 5, chapters, we learn more about Rachel's family and her children in detail.