Vocabulary
Hard to accomplish, takes a lot of effort
What is arduous?
I will go to my grandmother’s house (than/then) my sister’s.
What is “then”?
Author of The Rent Collector
Who is “Camron Wright”?
A formal document that many jobs require during an application process.These are typically lists of your qualifications for a job. This includes education, skills, awards/activities, and references.
What is a resume?
Vocabulary - To lose value over time; to become cheaper
What is “depreciate”?
Characterized by a feeling of like or dislike for someone or something when the feeling is not reasonable or logical
What is biased?
The romance movie had a powerful (affect/effect) on the audience.
What is “effect”?
Sopeap Sin left a final story for Sang Ly that involved an animal who was dying. Name the type of animal.
What is an elephant?
Kyle Wiens will not hire people who use this.
What is poor grammar?
This poem by Walt Whitman depicts working class people “singing” as they do their everyday jobs.
What is “I Hear America Singing”?
Does this sentence correctly use the word "surmised"?
After looking at the evidence, the judge surmised the defendant to be guilty.
What is "no" because when you surmise, you make a decision without having any evidence.
The designer wanted to let the model know her shoes (complimented/complemented) her dress.
What is a “complement”?
Name the regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. This regime was also responsible for the destruction of up to 80% of written works, as well as the lives of more than 2 million people.
What is “Khmer Rouge/Regime”?
This document typically accompanies a resume and is specifically catered to the business/company one is applying to.
What is a cover letter?
Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” was written with three specific writing movements. Name at least one of these literary movements.
What is “naturalism”, “regionalism”, or “realism”?
Does the sentence correctly use the word “hindrance”? Explain your reasoning.
“His hindrance helped him win the math tournament.”
What is “No, because a hindrance is something that holds you back or slows you down”?
“The Rent Collector” was filled with many (allusions/illusions) to the texts Sopeap teaches Sang Ly.
What is “allusions”?
This short story from The Rent Collector was also known as the “Cambodian Cinderella”.
What is Sarann?
Someone who can give positive information about your work experiences, habits, characteristics, and skills in a particular setting.
What is a reference?
In The Rent Collector, the crazy aunt in Sang Ly's home village did this with a book.
What is she tore out the pages and used them to build a fire?
Determine which word best fits the sentence:
Teachers should (cognizant/accommodate) for their students’ needs.
What is “accomodate”?
Though he is not officially trained, the (principal/principle) offers students meaningful (council/counsel) to the students.
What is “principal” and “counsel”?
FINAL JEOPARDY
Name Sang Ly's son and tell Sopeap Sin's (the teacher) real name.
Who are "Nisay" and "Soriyan"?
If a job had activities that needed to be completed prior to you being hired, they would be called this (it's a vocab word).
What are prerequisites?
Definition: To charge with a crime
What is indict?