Vocab!
People
Feeling out of place
Similarities
Digging Deeper
100
Generously; plentiful
What is lavishly?
100
Narrator's first friend in America
Who is Meg?
100
The narrator wants to wear these to dress like the other kids.
What are jeans?
100
Meg taught the narrator this at Dairy Queen.
What is the All-American Slurp?
100
This character enables (helps) the narrator to realize that she really doesn't have anything to be embarrassed about.
Who is Meg?
200
ashamed; deeply embarrassed
What is mortified?
200
This character made friends easily after moving to America.
Who is the narrator's brother?
200
The Lins embarrass themselves in this way at the Gleasons.
What is pulling strings out of their celery stalks?
200
When the Gleasons and Lins eat at each others' houses, they both feel this.
What is out of place? or unfamiliar?
200
This is the theme of the story?
What is we all want to fit in despite our differences?
300
remarkable sight
What is spectacle?
300
This character felt that a scientific approach to learning English was the best approach.
Who is Father?
300
The narrator is mortified at the Lakeview restaurant because her family does this____
What is slurp their soup loudly?
300
The narrator realizes this during the Gealsons' visit to the Lins' house.
What is the Gleasons had difficulty eating new foods like the Lins?
300
The narrator's desire to wear jeans helps convey the theme of_____
What is belonging?
400
acceptable manners and behavior
What is etiquette?
400
This character offered dip to the Lin family.
Who is Mrs. Gleason?
400
The Lins say negative things about the narrator at this event.
What is the PTA meeting?
400
The narrator is surprised Meg does this at the end of the story.
What is slurp her milkshake?
400
This event at the end of the story helps to make the narrator see her situation differently.
What is Meg slurping her milkshake?
500
Putting your napkin in your lap at the dinner table is an example of this.
What is etiquette?
500
This character read etiquette books about the proper way to act in America.
Who is mother?
500
The narrator was worried about making mistakes while doing this.
What is speaking English?
500
The narrator feels this at the end of the story.
What is surprised and relieved?
500
At the Lins house the Gleasons do this that helps change the narrator see her situation differently.
What is pile their food high? Use their hands to eat?
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