Brown Girl Dreaming is a memoir of Jacqueline Woodson’s life growing up between the North and the South during a time of racial segregation and the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. A beautiful story that’s written in a unique style, Brown Girl Dreaming is perfect as a read aloud, small group text, or to use in a poetry unit.
Use a character map to keep track of characters in the poetry memoir Brown Girl Dreaming.
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Physical/Character TraitsSpiritualHopefulCreativeArticulate How does this character change throughout the novel?She becomes more confidentFigures out what her beliefsRealizes she's a writer What challenges does this character face?Moving a lotNot sure of her placeWonders what her talent is
Jacqueline
Gunnar Irby (grandfather)
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Georgiana Irby (grandmother)
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Mary Ann (mother)
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Hope Woodson (brother)
Odella Woodson (sister)
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Roman Woodson (brother)
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Maria (best friend)
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