Page 56 - Point 5 Literature Program Option 1 Teachers Guide (2) (1)

Part III
Vocabulary Practice

Answers might include:
1. tournaments, triumphant, trophies
2. echo, hiss, roar, rustle
3. a. chores b. undecided, sacrifice, twirl, palm, bounce c. plaited, braids, brow
4. a. You should be ashamed, falling down when no one has pushed you.
b. It’s for luck.
c. It’s better not to lose pieces unless you really need to.
d. t’s the new American rules, said my mother. Meimei plays chess and tires herself out using her brains to win. You
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only play games so you should have lots of energy left to do the dishes.

Questions
Answers might include:
11. She gave her a piece of red jade, a chang, for good luck.
12. She won all the tournaments she played in.
13. Waverly played first in local tournaments and won all her games, so she was promoted to regional tournaments,
where again she won and qualified for national tournaments, becoming the national chess champion.
14. a. A child prodigy is a young person who is exceptionally good at something, often even better than adults.
b. Waverly was not only an outstanding chess player but she was also a girl player, and this was very unusual,
even unheard of.
15. They were very proud of her. The bakery displayed her trophies and decorated a cake in their window for her.
Other shopkeepers offered to sponsor her in national tournaments.

Part IV
Vocabulary Practice
Answers:
1. d 2. e 3. g 4. j 5. i 6. c 7. a 8. f 9. h 10. b
Questions

Answers might include:
16. She couldn’t concentrate with her mother standing over her all the time.
17. Her brothers had to sleep in the other room so she could have quiet. / She didn’t have to finish all her food at
mealtimes.
18. She made Waverly come with her to the market on Saturdays.
19. Waverly did not like that her mother told everyone who she was to show her off.
20. Waverly said, I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter.
21. Waverly meant that she felt embarrassed when her mother was showing her off.
22. Mrs. Jong thought Waverly meant she was ashamed of her mother.

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