1. Raymond’s Run Toni Cade Bambara

2. Objectives Identify the story elements Read the selection
Answer reading comprehension questions
Connect to personal experience
Infer and predict
Learn new vocabulary words and apply them
Compare and contrast
Analyze the story
Write a Journal entry
Visualize characters
Complete different activities

3. Biography of the author

4. Author Toni Cade Bambara: Her real name was Miltona Mirkin Cade
Was born on March 25, 1939 in New York, and died on December 9, 1995 at the age of 56 in Alabama.
She grew up in Harlem, N.Y.
She was a writer, documentary-film maker, political activist, educator
Notable work: Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird
Her work was influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Nationalist movements of the 1960s

5. Learn more about the author

6. Toni Cade Bambara reading the short story
The Lesson

7. Vocabulary words

8. Vocabulary Words relay hydrocephalus clutch prodigy sidekick
ventriloquist
periscope
glockenspiels
psyching
squeaky
stagecoach
tightrope
gutter
liable
dash

9. What is hydrocephalus?

10. Hydrocephalus
CSF is cerebrospinal fluid that is inside your brain and circulates around the brain and the spinal cord, nourishing and protecting them
Hydrocephalus (sometimes called water on the brain) occurs when too much CSF builds up in the ventricles, causing head enlargement and/or increased pressure inside the head.
This pressure doesn’t allow the brain to fully develop causing a mental disability.
Hydrocephalus occurs in about two of every 1,000 births.

11. Hydrocephalus-causes
Hydrocephalus can be congenital (presented at birth) or acquired.
Hydrocephalus can also occur with other congenital conditions, such as spina bifida, that are associated with brain and spinal-cord problems.
Acquired hydrocephalus
develops after birth.
Causes include brain hemorrhage, meningitis, head trauma, tumors and cysts.
Premature babies are at greater risks of experiencing brain hemorrhages.

12. If you want to know more about the subject, click here
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13. Our journey with hydrocephalus

14. Let’s read the story Raymond’s Run
Click here to access the story

15. Raymond’s run Comic strip

24. Story elements

25. setting
The story takes place in Harlem, New York

26. Characters Describe each one: Squeaky Raymond Gretchen Mary Louise
Rosie
Cynthia Procter
Mr. Pearson

27. Visualize the Characters
Try to visualize each character and create a drawing for each one. Let’s try to start visualizing the main character, Squeaky.
She is a girl with dark skin, has skinny arms, and a squeaky voice

28. Visualize the characters
In your assessment notebook, visualize the rest of the characters including Squeaky. Make a drawing for each one, color them, and write their names: real name and nicknames if any.
Color it!

29. R E V I W let’s play Click here to play a game related to the story:

30. THE END
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