Theme
the lesson Mayor learns when his family goes to the beach
What is his mother likes living in America even though she misses her old home?
The correct location of the ellipses in this phrase:
We always meant to go back to Panamá but the . . . years just passed us by.
Where is between "Panamá" and "but the years"?
Ex: We always meant to go back to Panamá... but the years just passed us by.
x2 "Can you go to class?" written in the imperative mood
What is "Go to Class."?
Why does Maya "I lay my head back against the seat and closed my eyes, squeezing them shut, and took myself far away until I was safe on the bars at a beautiful gymnastics meet in the sky." suggests that Maya...
What is she uses day dreaming to escape
Maya cannot go to the spring dance (the Spring Fling)
What is the conflict of My Favorite Chaperone?
List themes from My Favorite Chaperone
What are Family is very important and Children of immigrants understand American culture better than their parents do.
the part of speech of the following entry
froth \frôth\ n 1. a fit of anger or vexation 2. something unsubstantial or trivial 3. salivary foam released as a result of disease or exhaustion 4. high prices unwarranted by economic fundamentals
What is a noun?
"You can go to the store and buy me avocados." written in the imperative mood
What is "Go to the store and buy me avocados."?
Maya's motivation for misinterpreting the principal's words
What is "She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother"?
Maya gets caught with an American boy, Nurzhan gets in a fight, Maya lies to the principal, and Maya helps her mother by taking over her job
What is the rising action?
the theme of "They had left their lives once before. They didn’t want to do it again."
What is "Starting over in a new place is difficult."?
x2 the main conflict throughout the story: from The Book of Unknown Americans
What is Mayor's family is unable to return to Panamá?
"Can you pick up that pencil?" written in the imperative mood
What is "Pick up that pencil."?
X2 the reason Mayor's father says, “They think we’re Americans now. And maybe we are! Maybe we don’t belong there anymore after all.”
What is The class president accuses the father of thinking he is better than everyone who stayed in Panamá because the father left and became an American citizen?
the climax of “My Favorite Chaperone”
What is when Nurzhan convinces Mama and Papa to let Maya go to the Spring Fling?
The theme of "I spent a lot of time trying to find it in me, but usually I couldn’t. I felt more American than anything, but even that was up for debate. . . ." (paragraph 3)
What is "immigrants are sometimes confused about their identity?"
the word that best describes Celia, Mayor's mother
What is expressive?
"Can you turn in the assignment?" written in the imperative mood
What is "Turn in the assignment."
the reason Nurzhan most likely helps Maya get permission to go to the Spring Fling
What is he helped her get out of trouble?
the resolution of the Book of Unknown Americans
What is the family goes to an American beach and his mom decides that she likes America, even though she misses Panama?
How setting influences the theme of the Book of Unknown Americans
One theme is that people cannot feel they belong if they are not accepted. The family in the story is in a setting that is far away from where they are originally from. The narrator, Mayor, doesn’t remember the family’s home country, but he doesn’t feel fully accepted in his current setting either.
Label the events in the order in which they happen in the story. Label the first event 1 and the last event 4.
___ The family members become American citizens.
___ The narrator’s father takes them to the beach to remember Panamá.
___ The narrator explains the story of when his family left Panamá.
___ The narrator’s father finds out how his high school classmates feel about him leaving Panamá.
What is 2, 4, 1, 3?
“You can go now with Mr. Walsh.” rewritten in the imperative mood
What is "Go now with Mr. Walsh."
x3 Maya’s internal conflict when she interprets for the principal
What is Maya knows she shouldn’t misinterpret the principal’s words, but she also feels sorry for her brother for being bullied and is worried about her father’s reaction?
Maya reflects about how her mother gave her the bracelet and finally understands that things are different in America. She concludes Nurzhan is her favorite chaperone.
What is the resolution?