New Kid Vocabulary & Definitions Spider Map
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New Kid by Jerry Craft
By Lauren Ayube
Twelve year old Jordan loves to draw, and he’s really good at it. He wants to go to art school, but his parents send him to an upscale school away from his Washington Heights neighborhood. As one of the few African American kids at his school, Jordan must learn to navigate making new friends, ignorance, and finding his place in a seemingly foreign land.
What is Vocabulary?
by Lauren Ayube
Vocabulary is the knowledge of words and what they mean. Learning and using new vocabulary is something that continues and expands throughout our lives, and is way more than simply looking up and memorizing a definition.
Storyboard Description
Create a spider map that illustrates and defines new vocabulary from New Kid by Jerry Craft
Storyboard Text
- Cafeteria Hierarchy
- HIERARCHY
- According to Jordan Banks
- Juniors, The Upper Class Black Table, Theater Kids, and the Dorky Clubs.
- Senior Athletes and RegularSeniors
- STOOP
- Did you make any new friends?
- MINION
- Be right there, Andy!
- (n.) a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
- Sophomores and kids who don't speak English that well.
- Freshman and New Kids.
- (n.) a small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house or building.
- Liam is pretty cool, and I met Drew as well.
- (n.) an unimportant follower of a powerful person.
- Grab my backpack and don't forget to close my locker, Collin.
- New Kid Vocabulary
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