Raymond

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Raymonds Run

• Author Toni Cade Bambara

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About the Author

• Toni Cade Bambara believed that authors are
  everyday people who write stories that come out
  of their neighborhoods. Like many of her
  characters, she grew up in New York City. She
  wrote about African Americans who show family
  pride and a strong sense of community.

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Harlem, New York
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Reading Focus

• Plot
• The events that make up the plot can usually be
  divided into rising action, climax, and falling
  action. The rising action consists of the
  conflicts and complications that the main
  character faces. The climax is the greatest point
  of interest, or turning point. The falling action
  provides resolution of the conflict.
• First person point of view (I, me, we)
• Cause and Effect
• WHAT happened Effect
• WHY it happened Cause

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Reading Focus

• Climax
• Main Conflict
• Rising Action Falling Action
• Subplot Conflict Resolution
• Exposition Theme
  Resolution
• Setting/Characters

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Reading Focus

• Main Idea
• Most important point or message that the writer
  wants to communicate to the reader
• Stated directly OR implied by supporting details

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Vocabulary

• Context Clues
• Clutched
• Relay
• Prodigy
• Sidekick
• Periscope

• Definitions
• Mercury
• Hydrocephalus
• Ventriloquist
• Glockenspiels
• Quicksilver

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Vocabulary-Context Clues

1. He clutched the steering wheel tightly with his
   hands when the car began to skid.
2. Four runners were on each team in the relay.
3. Antonio was a prodigy at age eight, playing
   violin solos with the local symphony orchestra.
4. The detective and his wisecracking sidekick
   solved many cases together.
5. The submarine captain raised the ships periscope
   above the waters surface so he could watch for
   the enemy.

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Vocabulary

• Definitions
• Mercury swift messenger of the gods (Roman
  mythology)
• Hydrocephalus swelling of the head caused by too
  much fluid collecting in the skull the excess
  fluid can damage the brain
• Ventriloquist a person that controls dummies
• Glockenspiels musical instrument played with
  light hammers
• Quicksilver reference to speed with which
  quicksilver (the liquid metal mercury) flows

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Hydrocephalus
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Raymonds Run

• Read the story (pages 22-29)
• Create a plot line.
• What are Squeakys internal and external
  conflicts?
• What is the theme of this story?
• What motivates Squeaky?