Gifted Hands Ch.4 Notes - Part 1

By the time Ben got to 7th grade, he was at the _______.

This realization made Ben think "and I'll bet _____ (pg. 35).

The school bought him ______ for free.

His science teacher used to give him __ like helping students identify rocks, animals, or fish.

His interest in books soon expanded to cover books about _______.

Their mom made the boys spend their free time ______.

Ben thanks his mother for his ____.

The students who had once made fun of Ben now came up to him asking him to ___.

Mrs. Carson told Ben that he couldn't go outside and play until _______.

Mrs. Carson worked with Curtis mostly on his ________.

These boys called him ugly names and they also ______ with a stick.

...the teacher...lectured the White kids about how they ___ because...let Black kids beat them.

Mrs. Carson made Ben memorize _____since he was getting better in Math.

Though the school was still mostly white...his intellectual growth helped to "_____" (pg. 37).

She cut their TV time down to __________.

His mother's "constant interest and unflagging encouragement... (pg. 32)

One day, when Ben was doing this without Curtis, he was approached by a group of ___ boys.

His mother had always emphasized to him that ___ are ___ (it doesn't matter their color).

Ben sensed that his mother never wanted him to compete with...

Ben said that seeing a passing grade made him feel _______.

Their mom decided that the boys watched _________.

The second thing was after Ben and Curtis had both won the achievement awards for being the __.

After Ben started to pull ahead in school, his desire to be smart ______ (pg. 36).

The next day at school, he could actually __________.

Mrs. Carson was proud of Ben...but she emphasized that he couldn't settle for...

After this incident, Ben and Curtis never ________ again.

Ben says that he even felt dumb during _________ because he couldn't read past the first line.

Then, one of the boys said to Ben, "______" (pg. 38). (Remember: TBE)

Ben says that he will never forget the day that he got to call out that he got ________.

He said that he didn't work hard to compete and to be better than the other kids as much as __.

She encouraged him to make the ____ grade in the class in Math.

___ incidents of racial prejudice that were directed toward the boys stand out to them.

Ben and Curtis never even thought out disobeying their mother because they ___ and ___ her.

Through Mrs. Carson's ___, ___, and ___, Curtis became a more reasonable type of person...

Because he read so much, his ___ and ___ improved.

Ben never told his mother what had happened because he knew that she would _____. (pg. ___)

He said it was fun to ___, to ___, to know ___ (pg. 36).

He says that ______ was the first positive thing to help him start....the bottom of the class.

The next step of Mrs. Carson's "self improvement program" for Ben was to ______.

He had no idea that his eyes had gotten so ______.

Ben points out that neither he nor Curtis had a _______ (pg. 33).

His best subject in the 5th grade was ____.

When he went to the doctor, the doctor told him "______________".

Mrs. Carson's goal was for her 2 boys to be the ___ in the entire school.

He now knew that he could _____________.

...he realized that he could learn anything he wanted to by _____.

One area of school that Ben still struggled with was the weekly ___.

At the library, Ben chose books on ___, ___, and ___.

Eventually, Ben began to _____ his trips to the library.

Ben begins to protest, but Mrs. Carson's argument is that "__________".