| Academic Vocabulary | Unit Vocabulary | Figurative Language | Content Trivia | Miscellaneous |
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TRUE
True or false:
It would be PERPLEXING to see a dog driving a car. |
The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or another social group.
What is culture?
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Life to open book.
Metaphor
Name the figurative language & what is being compared/personified.
His life was an open book. |
Peaches
In "Peaches", What fruit does the narrator relate to her Chinese identity?
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23 years young
How old is Mr. Poggioli?
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B. Adore (love, admire)
Antonym is a word that means the opposite
What is the closest antonym for the word disdain?
Hint: Disdain means: the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's respect A. Frustrate (agitate) B. Adore (love, admire) |
The characteristics determining who a person is
What does identity mean?
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Love to red rose.
Simile
Name the figurative language & what is being compared/personified.
My love is like a red, red rose. |
Poor, wretched, homeless, tired, weary: (immigrants)
What type of people does the Statue of Liberty "welcome" according to the text?
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A program that allows DREAMers to work legally in the US and protects them from deportation.
What is DACA?
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America will only allow a specific number of immigrants from those countries
If America has a QUOTA for immigrants from specific countries, this means:
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Not having the appropriate legal document or license
What does undocumented mean?
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leaves dancing
Personification
Name the figurative language & what is being compared/personified.
The dry leaves danced. |
The family she works for does not pay her for the work that she does for them.
What happens to Anzia Yezierska in the story "America and I" that makes her think that she is "lost in a wilderness" even though she is in America?
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A person who was brought to the USA as a child without documentation.
What is a DREAMer?
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He did not do well on his test.
An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
Example: Jose came to school covered in mud. I can INFER that Jose fell on the way to school. Ms. Ziemer passed out the tests. Tyler started to cry. What can you INFER about Tyler? |
A love for one's country.
What does the word patriotism mean?
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herd / thunder
simile
Name the figurative language & what is being compared/personified.
The herd of approaching elephants sounded like thunder. |
His teacher, playing alone on the playground.
What life experiences made Jason Kim hate being Asian?
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True
True or false- Mrs. Grim is pregnant.
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Embarrassed.
"I looked around that gate and I thought, this is the world I want to live in. The shared world."
The tone in the sentences above is HOPEFUL. "As I walked into the building, I realized my shirt was on backward. Shoot, I thought to myself. I gotta change this ASAP but Ms. Murphy probably locked the bathrooms. As I sprinted up the stairs, two at a time, my shoelace came loose and my face hit the ground. As I was gathering my belongings, I looked up. Who did I see?... My EX. WHY ME?" What is the tone of the story above? |
The process by which a minority integrates socially, culturally, and/or politically into a larger, dominant culture and society.
Jason Kim no longer wanted to eat Asian food, he only wanted to eat "American Food".
What does assimilate mean? Give ONE specific example from a text we read in class to earn the 500 points.
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TV begging
Personification
Name the figurative language & what is being compared/personified.
Mom! The TV begged me to watch it! |
People have different experiences.
Why do people have different answers to the question "What does it mean to be an American?"
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I am a Memphis street academy scholar....
Recite the MSA pledge.
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