Vocab
This word "doing something quickly without thinking"
What is "impulsive"
According to Ba's story, why is Fruitless Mountain bare?
Because it is the broken heart of the Jade Dragon.
A complete sentence needs 5 things. Name them.
A capital letter, subject, predicate, punctuation, and it has to make sense.
What mountain do Minli and her family live by?
What is Fruitless Mountain?
Why does Minli buy the goldfish?
Because she thinks it will bring her family good fortune.
This word means "not willing to change your mind"
What is "stubborn"
Who turned into rivers to help the people?
Jade Dragon's children.
Fix this fragment: The Goldfish.
Example: The Goldfish told Minli where to find the Old Man of the Moon.
What covers almost everything in Minli's village?
What is brown mud?
How does Minli help Dragon?
She untangles him from a net.
This word means "complying or willing to comply with orders or requests".
What is "obedient"
Why does the Old Man of the Moon tie red strings?
To bring people together and seal their destinies.
What does a comma tell a reader to do?
Pause while reading
Where does Minli meet the Buffalo Boy?
Where is the Outer City?
What do Ma and Ba do after hearing the "Story of the Goldfish Man" and "The Story of the Paper of Happiness"?
They go home to wait for Minli to find Never Ending Mountain and return to them.
This word means "to make someone believe something that isn't true, to trick someone"
What is " deceive"?
Why does the Magistrate Tiger think he has been deceived in the Story of the Paper of Happiness?
The paper only had one word written on it and he doesn't believe one word can be the secret to happiness.
Is this a complete sentence or fragment?
Ran to the mountain.
Fragment
What is the Buffalo Boy's home like?
Example: broken, tattered, run down, bare.
Why does Minli spend her last coin on a peach?
To help an old beggar on the street because she remembers Ba's and the Buffalo Boy's selflessness.
This word means "to trick or be smarter than someone".
What is "outwit"
Why do fish want to find the Dragon Gate?
To turn into a dragon to fly.
Combine: Ba carried the fish. His arms were tired.
Where is the Minli supposed to find the Old Man of the Moon?
Where is Never Ending Mountain?
Who is the Old Man of the Moon, and why does Minli want to find him/
He is the keeper of the Book of Fortune, and Minli wants to ask him how to change her family's fortune.