1. Has part of this book inspired you in any way? If so, how and can you give a specific example from the book that exemplifies this inspiration?

This book has inspired me a lot because her faster parents put her down called her name tolled her she was nothing, because she didn't have her parents.I know how she feels because even thought i had a mom i always wanted my dad in my life but he just walked out on us.

2. Did this book change your life in any specific way, or perhaps, cause you to think differently about certain issues? If so, what and how?

It made me think that even though she has a messed up life so far in the book she ended up making something of her life she taught me that's if she can do it so could I.

3. What do you think Cupcake's motivation was for writing this novel? What do you think she believes her readers will get out of hearing her story? Is she trying to reveal something, or just telling her life story?

I think she just wants people to know that it doesn't matter where you live, where you come from, if you have parents or not you could be successful in life.

Piece of Cake discussion ?'s

1. Do you think Cup Cake's life would have been different if she would of stayed with her dad?


2. Do you think she has the right to do what she does because of her past?


3. Do you think everything in the book is true?

SPELLING BEE SENTENCES

1. Adrian has access to the Internet at home.
2. Being late can affect your citizenship.
3. Dinosaurs are extinct they're no long in earth.
4. Andrea's mom is very ethical about her being out.
5. Milay was conspicuous with her annoying laughter.

Manifest Destiny and Ethnocentrism

1. Why can we say that there was cultural diversity in the Americas even before whites arrived?
there was a lot of cultural diversity because before the whites there was different tribes in the Americas.

2. Give two examples of how the Native Americans and the Europeans experienced acculturation.
the natives showed the Europeans how to survive in the new land and the Europeans showed the native Americans guns and they broth horses and metal.

3. Describe how Native Americans and Europeans had different ways of looking at how the land should be used and shared.
the native Americans thought that you should be the land and everyone can us it. the whites thought u should own the land.

4. Explain why the idea of Manifest Destiny is an example of ethnocentrism.
the whites thought they should live by manifest destiny they said that god tolled them that was there land. the Europeans thought they were Superior the the native Americans.

5. How do you believe American history would have been different if Phillip/Pometacomet or Tecumseh had been successful in their plans?
if he would of been successful there would of been lots of more trivesin America and not so many Christians.

6. What purposeful strategies (list at least three) were employed by the English to clear the Wampanoag from their lands?
Europeans made the native American trade land for healthcare.
they brought animals and the animals were destroying the land
lost of more English came to the Americas and everyone waned land.

THE KUMEYAAY

1. What did the Spanish rename the Kumeyaay tribe?
the Diegueno
2. List at least three of their main food staples (what they ate).
rabbits, picked wild fruits,staple acorns
3. What three groups or bands were the Kumeyaay divided into?
ipai(the northern dialactical form)
Tapai(the southern dialectical form)
kamia(the eastern dialectical form)
4. Did the Kumeyaay convert to Christianity?
they didnt conver in to christianity.
5. What happened on November 4 & 5, 1775?
a force of Kumeyaay surrounded Mission San Diego de Alcalá, set fire to its wooden structures and attacked a small contingent of Spaniards.
6. How many Kumeyaay currently live in San Diego county?
about 3,ooo due to diseases
7. What kinds of tattooing were used by this tribe?
they were use for ceremonial purpose and decoration
8. What type of clothing did the Kumeyaay wear?
they wore bark skirts, and men wore nothing, just a belt to hold tools for hunting.
9. The Kumeyaay were experts at making what product? What were the uses for this product?
they were sophisticated basket makers weaving fine,used as bowls for water or for carrying items

10. Where can we view Kumeyaay artifacts today?

Cuyamaca State Park.
11. When you educate your child about the Native Americans from this area, what do you believe is the most important part of the information you learned, that you will share with them? Why?

i would teach them that the kumeyaay made all there stuff from thing around them and they survive they dint have malls or cars.

• word of the day

Bravo= used to express approval , especially of a performace.

• enigish to italian translation

school=scuola

• kids should watch tv

they say kids that watch more tv have a high risk of blood presure and have sleep disruptions as well as unhealthy and start having bad behavior.

Characterization

• Dot would be consider a subordinate character in this chapter because she didn't last long in the book. Dot thought she knew how to steal by her self, and she got cocky and went on her own but she got caught.

• cupcake can be consider a dynamic charecter because she has develope from a young girl to a grown women.

• cupcakes step dad would be an example of static charecter because he loved her from the first time we stared reading till now.