In this short story by Gwendolyn Brooks, a family contemplates losing their house. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and answers, an annotation tool, and more. [Free account registration required for specific tools.]

Concepts

short stories, poetry

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Additional Tags

"home" by gwendolyn brooks, commonlit, commonlit: "home" by gwendolyn brooks, gwendolyn brooks, losing their house, short story grade 8

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)