Vocabulary
Starting Over
Words Set Him Free
Hard Time
Compare and Contrast
100
persist
What is to continue doing something even if it's difficult.
100
"The Big Idea"
What is a teen who moved to the U.S. from Taiwan.
100
"The Big Idea"
What is about a boy who became a poet.
100
"The Big Picture"
What is two girls' mother is sent to jail.
100
Jonathan's life in Taiwan
What is being one of the coolest guys in high school.
200
label
What is a word of phrase used to describe someone or something.
200
Going to school in the U.S.
What was very difficult because students thought he was boring.
200
Explain what or how words changed his life.
What is through writing poetry and sharing it with others.
200
Explain why the mother worked all the time.
What is to make ends meet because they were poor.
200
Ekiwah's differences
What is unable to climb trees, play outside and was down stairs.
300
positive
What is very sure that something is right or good.
300
Purpose for working hard in school.
What is to learn English and make friends.
300
What changes did Ekewah's writing initiate in his life?
What is helping him iniatiate/make new friends.
300
Birthdays and holidays
What is mom missed many of them due to incarceration.
300
Ekiwahs' life after surgery.
What is saving his life, walking with a cane and traveling the world.
400
involve
What is to include someone or something.
400
His label
What is "boring foreign kid who didn't speak English."
400
What was Ekiwah's most important turning point in his life?
What is having surgery that corrected his curved spine and saved his life.
400
"Hour Children"
What is a program that sets up visits between children and jailed parents.
400
How sisters feel alike about their mom's imprisonment.
What is they were confused, sad and angry and that their mom abandoned them.
500
attitude
What is an opinion or feeling about something.
500
Jonathan's attitude through tough times.
What is to be positive.
500
Why did the surgeon feel a connection to Ekiwah?
What is because they both loved poetry.
500
The sister' turning point
What is the sisters staying on track graduating from high school and going to college even though their mom was deported.
500
How their feeling differed.
What is that one sister didn't want anyone to know and the other sister didn't care what people thought.
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