Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Mr. Landers
Reading & Writing
Mystery Box
100
Jennifer De Leon grew up in this town.
Framingham, Massachusetts
100
Mr. Landers is a student at what University?
Framingham State University
100
In a formal essay, the very first thing that we start our introduction paragraph in is what?
A Hook.
(Quote, statistics, etc. to interest the reader)
100
The name of the police officer who investigates the strange incidents in Stranger Things.
Jim Hopper / Officer Hopper.
200
The name of the Westburg English teacher which Liliana forms a rivalry with.
Mrs. Grew
200
Mr. Landers moved to Massachusetts from what state?
California
200
The signpost which highlights an important realization for a character in a story.
Aha moment! / !AM
200
The name of the woman who adopted Mohamed and Hassan in When Stars Are Scattered.
Fatuma.
300
This is the name of Liliana's mother.
Sylvia
300
One side of Mr. Landers' family is from Texas, the other half of his family is from this country.
Mexico (village near Bacalar).
300
The three elements of a "quote sandwich" in the body paragraph of an essay.
Context
Quote
Analysis
300
The name of the next book we are reading in class.
Night by Elie Wiesel.
400
Near the end of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Brianna (Dorito Girl) reveals this fact about her identity.
She likes other women.
400
Mr. Landers enters tournaments for this popular fighting game series.
Street Fighter
(Also played Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and Skullgirls)
400
This type of external conflict occurs when a character is fighting against something that is related to the environment and is not man made.
Person versus Nature.
400
This is a word we might use when we're referring to an assumption made based on an individual's identity.
Stereotype.
500
In addition to Don't Ask Me Where I'm From, Jennifer De Leon has written what other book? (Up to three possible answers).
Wise Latinas
White Space
Borderless
500
This is the language other than English, which Mr. Landers can speak somewhat fluently.
Hint: It is not Portuguese or Spanish.
German.
500
How would you cite this quote from Don't Ask Me Where I'm From in a formal essay if it's the first quote from the text in the essay?
"WAIT. It was possible to talk to Dad?" - Page 125 of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From.
(De Leon 125)
500
In Gray Trudeau's Street Calculus comic, the two categories of assessment used by the characters to determine their own safety in the interaction.
Risk Factors
Mitigating Factors