Exposition:
*Setting- At McClenton Middle School, Maleeka's house, and Char's house
*Climate- Present Time
*Characters- Maleeka, Miss Saunders, Char, John-John, and Caleb.
Rising Action:
*Maleeka is new student at a school that judges her by how dark her skin was
*A new teacher named Miss Saunders teaches English and everyone at McClenton makes fun of her because she has a big scar across her face.
*Char makes Maleeka do things that she doesn't want to do and Miss Saunders tires to help Maleeka but she doesn't want any help she thinks Char can protect her if she does homework for her.
Climax:
*Maleeka gets herself in big trouble by listening to what Char tells her to. Maleeka has burnt down Miss Saunders's classroom by mistake when Char, Rise, Raina, and herself were tearing down Miss Saunders classroom because she got them in trouble.
Falling Action:
*Maleeka has to do work in the school office because she got caught running away when the classroom started burning down.
*Char wanted Maleeka to get back with them the group.
*Maleeka becomes to believe in herself and doesn't care what Char says about her. She says "Call me by my name! I am not ugly. I'm not stupid. I'm Maleeka Madison, and, yeah, I'm black, real black, and if you don't like me, too bad 'cause black is the skin I'm in!"
Resolution:
*Maleeka is proud that she stood up to Char to tell the real truth of who help Maleeka tear up Miss Saunders classroom.
*John-John does't make fun of how dark Maleeka's skin is.
*Setting- At McClenton Middle School, Maleeka's house, and Char's house
*Climate- Present Time
*Characters- Maleeka, Miss Saunders, Char, John-John, and Caleb.
Rising Action:
*Maleeka is new student at a school that judges her by how dark her skin was
*A new teacher named Miss Saunders teaches English and everyone at McClenton makes fun of her because she has a big scar across her face.
*Char makes Maleeka do things that she doesn't want to do and Miss Saunders tires to help Maleeka but she doesn't want any help she thinks Char can protect her if she does homework for her.
Climax:
*Maleeka gets herself in big trouble by listening to what Char tells her to. Maleeka has burnt down Miss Saunders's classroom by mistake when Char, Rise, Raina, and herself were tearing down Miss Saunders classroom because she got them in trouble.
Falling Action:
*Maleeka has to do work in the school office because she got caught running away when the classroom started burning down.
*Char wanted Maleeka to get back with them the group.
*Maleeka becomes to believe in herself and doesn't care what Char says about her. She says "Call me by my name! I am not ugly. I'm not stupid. I'm Maleeka Madison, and, yeah, I'm black, real black, and if you don't like me, too bad 'cause black is the skin I'm in!"
Resolution:
*Maleeka is proud that she stood up to Char to tell the real truth of who help Maleeka tear up Miss Saunders classroom.
*John-John does't make fun of how dark Maleeka's skin is.