Page 55 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

Working Through the Unit
Pre-Reading Activity

students are asked to share with the class in a short speech what they do best, which skills and
strengths they need for this activity and whether or not they have their parents support for what
they can do.

Basic Understanding
For convenience, the text has been divided into four parts, and the activities are presented accordingly.

Key Vocabulary
Students may refer to the Key Vocabulary lists when they do the Vocabulary Practice exercises.

Part I
Vocabulary Practice
Answers:

1. alleys 2. crammed 3. fragrances 4. invisible 5. scold 6. forbidden 7. torture
Questions
Answers might include:

1. The story is set in Chinatown in San Francisco.
2. The narrator is Waverly Place Jong, also known as Meimei or Little Sister.
3. Her mother, her father and her two older brothers.

4. Answers will vary. Students should choose around five different kinds of food, for example, salted plums,
steamed pastries and dim sum.
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5. t is a strategy for winning that Waverlys mother taught her. For example, when Waverly wanted salted plums,
her mother taught her to ask and wait patiently rather than demand and cry for the candies.

Part II
Vocabulary Practice
Answers:
1. a. adversary, opponent b. elaborate, intricate
2. a. solemnity b. graciously c. replacements d. hurl e. undisguised

Questions
Answers might include:
6. Her brother Vincent was given a chess set at a Christmas party.

7. Mrs. Jong wanted to throw it away because there were pieces missing and she didn’t want something that
someone else wanted to get rid of.
8. Waverly chose something small and heavy. It was a packet of candies called Life Savers.
9. She began playing with her brothers, until they lost interest in the game.

10. a. She read books about chess from the library.
b. One day she saw some men playing chess in the playground. She asked one of the men who was watching to
play chess with her. His name was Lau Po and he taught her a great deal about the game.

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