Academic Words
Spelling Long a
An Interview
with An Na
A Step from Heaven
Learning
English
100
Succeed in getting a good result.
What is "achieve"?
100
To spend time doing something enjoyable or amusing.
What is "play"?
100
This is the main character in "A Step from Heaven".
Who is "Young Ju"?
100
This is what "Mi Gook" means in Korean.
What is "America"?
100
In order to understand the author you have to know this.
What is "Spanish"?
200
Type of civilization; art, food, social norms of a civilization.
What is "culture"?
200
A measure of the quality of a student’s performance, usually represented by the letters A (the best) through F (the worst).
What is "grade"?
200
An Na is an American-raised child of these.
What are "Korean immigrants"?
200
This is what Young Ju thinks "Mi Gook" means in Korean.
What is "heaven"?
200
The second stanza of the poem says" If I speak another language and use different words for feelings that will always stay the same I don’t know if I’ll continue being the same person." reflects being tied to this.
What is "native language"?
300
Enough; satisfactory but not excellent.
What is "adequate"?
300
The front of the head including the eyes, nose, and mouth.
What is "face"?
300
An Na remembers getting her hair permed after being told that all Americans have this.
What is "curly hair"?
300
This is how Young Ju feels at school with the attention she receives.
What is "happy"?
300
He is the author of "learning English".
Who is "Luis Alberto Ambroggio"?
400
Seeing or noticing; ability to perceive.
What is "perception"?
400
To cause something to be lifted up or become higher.
What is "raise"?
400
An Na is asked if she ever felt like Young Ju, caught between her Korean heritage and her desire to be this.
What is "American"?
400
This is how Young Ju feels when she gets home about the chance of her lie being discovered.
What is "guilty and scared"?
400
This is where the author of "learning English" was born.
What is Córdoba, Argentina?
500
Special importance.
What is "emphasis"?
500
An arch of many colors sometimes seen in the sky for a short time when it rains and the sun is shining.
What is "rainbow"?
500
An Na hopes readers will leave the novel understanding how bits and pieces of this shaped who she became as an adult.
What is "Young Ju’s childhood"?
500
This is why Young takes the flashlight from the kitchen drawer.
What is " to study for the spelling test"?
500
This is when the author of "learning English" moved to the United States.
What is "1967"?
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