“My school is filled with kids who do not look like me. I do, I say, but what I mean is that I care about my brother and my baba and my mama and I just want to live in a country where we can all have dinner again without shouting about our president or rebels and revolution.” “You should care about our country, too, he says. “It seems like the kind / of place where dreams / could grow and / live.” “You will belong here.You will make anywhere beautiful.” It is lovely to be a part of something that feels bigger than you.” “Proud of each other, proud of what we have created together. That sometimes there is no word / for what you feel, / no word in any language.” “I have learned that sometimes / the simplest things are / the hardest things to say. They force you to fill in the hard parts, / the things they are not brave enough to say.”
I have learned Americans love to say you know and then / stop / talking.
“I want women like Aunt Michelle / to understand / that it is not only women who look like them / are free / who think / and care about other women.” “Mama says the word cake like it's just an ordinary food / which is strange since everyone knows that cakes are / made of magic.” To lose something, / year after year, / only to trust that it will / someday grow back" “I wonder if it is exhausting / to be a tree. Sometimes, though, / I think labels stop them from / thinking.” I am learning how it tastes- / sweet with promise / and bitter with responsibility.” I am learning how to say it / over and over again in English.
Fatima and I were always in step, four feet pointed in the same direction. When I was little, it was easy to imagine that. I would squeeze my eyes shut at night and pretend that Fatima and I were dreaming the same dream. I know that is strange to say, childish maybe-it felt strange even then-but it also felt like the rest of the world saw me. This is always interesting for students to see and can open up a discussion as to how not everyone can read the same lines in the same way based on their own perspectives and personal experiences.Įxamples of Quotes from Other Words for Home Some students may end up choosing the same quote, but have different perspectives.
Students can share their storyboards afterwards and have a short discussion about what the quotes mean to them. In this way, students are making a text-to-self connection that demonstrates their understanding of the characters and their development or the themes of the novel. Having students choose a favorite quote or scene from the book allows them to express which parts of the story resonated with them on a personal level.
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