Vocab
Question: What word means "gives something to different people or places"?
What is distributes?
What is the term for when an author uses clues to hint at what might happen later in a story?
What is foreshadowing?
Question: What does the word "aguinaldo" mean in this story?
Answer: What is "a surprise Christmas gift"?
Question: What word means "something that prevents progress or communication"?
Answer: What is barrier?
Question: What word means "thinking something is true without evidence or proof"?
Answer: What is assumed?
Question: Who founded Seeds of Peace, and why?
Answer: What is "John Wallach founded it to help young people in conflict see each other as human beings"?
Which word means "good or useful"?
Answer: What is positive?
What is the term for the difference between what the reader expects to happen and what actually happens in a story?
What is irony?
Question: Why was Marilia reluctant to go on the nursing home field trip?
Answer: What is "because her grandmother died in a nursing home, and the thought of going back made her feel sad"?
Question: What word means "to face a problem or fear directly"?
Answer: What is confront?
Question: What word means "to concentrate your attention on one thing over others"?
Answer: What is focus?
Question: Why does the camp emphasize empathy in its mission?
Answer: What is "because understanding and sharing the feelings of others helps break barriers of conflict"?
What word describes feeling uncomfortable about doing something?
Answer: What is reluctant?
In the story about Jonathan, what reason did he have for not wanting to go to France?
What is "He didn’t speak the language, none of his friends lived there, and he didn’t like French food"?
Question: What plan did Marilia come up with to avoid going on the field trip?
Answer: What is "she pretended to be sick by drinking hot water to raise her body temperature"?
Question: What word means "to develop or grow something, like trust or a skill"?
Answer: What is cultivate?
Question: What word refers to "specific people within a larger group"?
Answer: What is individuals?
Question: How do campers learn to communicate better at the camp?
Answer: What is "by sharing their perspectives and engaging in open conversations"?
Question: What word is used for people who live in a specific place?
Answer: What is residents?
Three months later, what ironic change happens to Jonathan’s feelings about staying in France?
What is "He asks his parents if he can stay for the rest of the school year"?
Question: How did Marilia feel after meeting Elenita, the blind resident at the nursing home?
Answer: What is "light, warm, and peaceful because she had formed a meaningful connection with Elenita"?
Question: What word describes someone who is hostile or opposed to another?
Answer: What is enemy?
Question: What word describes "qualities or features that are the same between two or more things"?
Answer: What is similarities?
Question: How does the camp address conflicts between teens from the United States?
Answer: What is "by bringing together teens from different backgrounds to build confidence and respect for each other"?
Question: In the example, why was Simone’s visit to the nursing home considered positive?
Answer: What is "because she enjoyed her experience there"?
Why is Jonathan’s situation considered ironic?
What is "Jonathan initially didn’t want to go to France, but later he decided he liked it so much he wanted to stay longer"?
Question: What is one example of foreshadowing in the story?
Answer: What is "Marilia’s plan to make a collage for Elenita, hinting at her desire to return to the nursing home"?
Question: What word relates to government or the rights of people in society?
Answer: What is political?
Question: In the example, why did the narrator assume the test would be easy?
Answer: What is "because they studied hard"?
Question: Why are campers at Seeds of Peace optimistic about their future?
Answer: What is "because they believe they can bring peace to their homelands and inspire change"?