Coming Of Age In The First Part Last By Angela Johnson.

In 2004 The First Part Last earned Johnson her third Coretta Scott King award, as well as the Michael L. Printz Award, given for excellence in young adult literature. In early 2004 Johnson announced that she was at work on a third novel set in the town of Heaven.

A Few of Angela Johnson’s Awards: 2004, Michael L. Printz Award and Coretta Scott King Author Award for The First Part Last. 2003, MacArthur Fellow. 1999, Coretta Scott King Author Award for Heaven. 1994, Coretta Scott King Author Award for Toning the Sweep. 1991, Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award for Tell Me a Story, Mama.

Antagonist Character Role Analysis Bobby Morris. Bobby gets in his own way in two ways: He's irresponsible and gets Nia pregnant, which puts a major bump in his path, and then he also decides to parent Feather all by his lonesome, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it seriously gets in the way of life as he's always known it.

The second book in the Heaven Trilogy, The First Part Last is the 2003 young-adult novel written by American poet and author Angela Johnson. Set in contemporary New York, the story revolves around the teenage pregnancy of 16-year-old Bobby and Nia, two upper-middle-class African Americans.

This The First Part Last: Part 4 Lesson Plan is suitable for 6th - 12th Grade. In this The First Part Last comprehension check worksheet, students respond to 34 short answer questions pertaining to part 4 of the Angela Johnson novel to better understand the novel and the author's craft.

Angela Johnson is the author of The First Part Last (3.96 avg rating, 15277 ratings, 1669 reviews, published 2003), Heaven (3.59 avg rating, 2395 ratings.

Angela Johnson Lesson plans for Heaven, other books Bird by Angela Johnson Prereading activity, prediction guide, comprehension and discussion questions, and post-reading interdisciplinary projects. The First Part Last by Angela Johnson Prereading activity, discussion questions using Bloom's Taxonomy, and post-reading interdisciplinary projects.

In this companion novel, Johnson's fans learn just how Bobby, the single father for whom Marley baby-sits in Heaven, landed in that small town in Ohio. Beginn.

In the novel, The First Part Last by Angela Johnson the main character, sixteen year old Bobby Morris, finds out very suddenly what that phrase means. Due to his choices, Bobby has to overcome obstacles in his life that a normal teenager may not have to think about.

This quote by someone unknown helps form an explanation of what coming of age is: “Maturity doesn’t mean age; it means sensitivity, manners, and how you react.” In the literature piece “The First Part Last,” the author Angela Johnson writes about two teenagers, Bobby and Nia, who struggle.

The first part last by Angela Johnson; 2 editions; First published in 2003; Subjects: Teenage parents, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Babies, Teenage fathers, Infants, Father and child, African Americans, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, 1000blackgirlbooks; Places: New York (State), New York.

Get this from a library! The first part last. (Angela Johnson) -- Bobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father and must care for his adored baby daughter.