| Knowledge | Application | Analysis | Synthesis |
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| List the countries from which the characters in the novel have immigrated | Predict what would happen if no one found a way to get water to the garden. Write a paragraph explaining how people would respond and what would happen to the garden. | Identify some of the reasons the vacant lot became a junkyard in the first place. List several reasons. | Choose one character and decide how their actions are pivotal to the progress of the garden. Explain in a paragraph what would have happened if they had made a different choice. |
| Make a list of the characters in the vole and write one sentence describing each character. | Judge the effects of the garden on the future of the community by drawing a picture or making a collage that represents the effects you think will occur in the garden. | What does the author believe can happen in communities? Write a persuasive essay about whether or not the author is right. | Propose an alternative plan to unite the community by preparing a speech to address the neighborhood. What other activity or experience besides the garden would help the neighbors become friends? |
| Identify characters who experience a language barrier and list the page where they experience difficulty. | Tell how much change there would be if the vacant lot were in an affluent neigborhood. Write 250 words as though they are a chapter in the book describing how different the situation would be. Use dialogue. | Identify the relationship between the young and old generations as they work together in the garden. Find specific passages about their attitudes and compare and contrast them in an essay. | Create a collage or drawing or compose a poem that documents the progress and change that happened in the neighborhood. Include a representation of at least one specific character. |
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