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Chirstopher Paul Curtis Watsons Go To Birmingham

And You Wonder Why We Get Called the Weird Watsons Chapter 1 And You Wonder Why We Get Called the Weird Watsons

Questions What is the setting of our story? What is the Point of View of this story? Name the members of the Watson family and put the children in age order. Where is mom from originally? How did Byron trick Kenny? In what movie does a kid get his tongue frozen to a pole?

Figurative Language Pg 1,1,4 HYPERBOLE Pg 2 Metaphor Pg 7 IDIOM Pg 13 ONOMATOPOEIA Pg 12 SIGHT IMAGERY Write the page number where you found the FL. Pg13 – He is like a box of rocks.