Vocabulary
This noun refers to someone who supports or takes responsibility for another person.
What is a sponsor?
Tough Questions reveal this in a story
What is help you recognize the plot's central conflict?
What is provide clues to the story's theme or lesson?
What is reveal a character's traits or motivations?
Define realistic fiction.
What is "Realistic fiction is a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people of animals in a believable setting."
A plot is this
What is "A series of events that occur in stages of development."
Maya’s story about the Cambodian student in paragraph 18 affects the plot in this way
What is "It enhances the story by showing the struggle another student had that was new to America. It reflects the internal and external conflicts Maya faces as a newcomer in a different culture. It also deepens Maya's sense of identity and belonging, while foreshadowing her own personal growth."
This verb means to shock or surprise someone greatly.
What is stun?
Name one reason why an author might repeat a phrase or detail Again and Again.
What is reveal a symbol, or something that stands for something?
What is provide an important insight into a character?
What is point to a significant idea or theme in the story?
Name one element of realistic fiction.
What is "Features events and characters that could exist in real life."
What is "Contains natural-sounding dialogue and realist interactions between characters."
What is "Often has a linear plot-story events are presented in chronological order."
Conflict is this.
What is "The plot's focus, or a problem found by the main character."
Maya changes the principal’s words when she is translating for her dad
What is "Nasty Fight-little fight effect less severe. Teasing-teasing in a violent manner the other boy is violent manner."
What is "Maya alters the principal's words to down play the severity of the fight and shield her brother from their father's response."
This noun refers to a person who sends out vehicles or workers to different locations.
What is a dispatcher?
The questions you should ask when you notice a Memory Moment - there are four.
What is "What one or more characters are feeling."
What is "Why a character is acting or feel a certain way."
What is "A connection between past and present events."
What is "How the charters came to br in current situation."
Culture is this
What is "A concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the induvial in these groups."
One example of external conflict in My Favorite Chaperone is this
What is Maya’s struggle with her parents' strict rules?
The dialogue in paragraphs 109-119 reveals this about Maya’s mother’s relationship with her children
What is that she is more protective of Nurzhan but expects Maya to take responsibility?
This noun means a short, confused fight or struggle.
What is a scuffle?
Name two reasons why an author might include a Memory Moment.
What is to reveal something about a character’s past or foreshadow future events?
In My Favorite Chaperone, how does culture affect Maya’s experiences?
What is that her family's Kazakh traditions influence their expectations for her behavior?
One example of internal conflict in My Favorite Chaperone is
What is Maya’s struggle to fit in at school while respecting her family's expectations?
This character’s motivations influence the story’s resolution
What is Nurzhan’s desire to help Maya, leading to her being allowed to go to the dance?
This verb means to make a low, broken crying sound.
What is whimper?
In My Favorite Chaperone, what is an example of a Tough Question Maya asks herself?
What is whether she should be honest with her parents about what happened at school?
Some challenges that Maya faces in the story that have to do with cultural differences are...
What is balancing her family’s traditional values with American school life?
The resolution of the story show Maya’s personal growth
What is that she begins to understand her parents’ struggles while also finding her own voice?
Doors symbolize this in My Favorite Chaperone
What is opportunities, change, or the idea of freedom?
What is a barrier?