The characters in Seedfolks don’t return to the garden on Gibb Street again and again because they have to―well, except for Virgil, perhaps. His dad makes him help take care of the baby lettuces. Why do the other people in his neighborhood put so much time and effort into the garden? What purpose does it serve?
These aren’t easy questions to answer. After all, everyone’s motivation is a little different. To develop a really good answer, you can enlist the help of your classmates. You might be surprised by what you build together.
Locate your file containing this module’s journal assignments, paste the prompt below at the end of the document, and label the entry with this lesson’s title. Then, type a response to the prompt.
Journal
Skim through the part of Seedfolks you’ve read so far, looking for words that could help describe what the Gibb Street garden means to the people who created it. Make a list of at least 20 different words that are used to describe the garden. Try to get your words from as many different chapters as possible. Also, look for specific nouns, verbs, and adjectives for your list.
When you have completed your list of words, save your journal file and submit it to your teacher for a grade. (You’ll look at it again when you start this module’s discussion.) Your journal will be graded using the rubric below.
| Criteria | |
|---|---|
| Completeness | You provide a complete answer to all parts of each journal prompt. You also label each journal entry as directed in the prompt―or with the lesson’s title. |
| Thoughtfulness | Your responses to this module’s journal prompts indicate that you thought deeply and seriously about the journal entry topic. |
| Knowledge Gained | Your responses indicate that you worked through each entire lesson carefully, without skipping any sections. |
