"Two Kinds"
"Novel Musician"
Key Vocabulary
Fill in the Blank
100

The mother wants the daughter to ______

play piano

become a piano prodigy

become a pianist 

100

"Novel Musician" is mostly about Amy Tan's hobby with _____________.

music

playing with a band

100
Claim that someone did something wrong
What is accusation?
100

That child is such an incredible artist! He is a _______!

prodigy

200

When Jing-Mei sees the _______ in her family's living room she feels proud because she understands her mom believes she has talent. 

piano

200

What do you expect to find in a profile?

entertaining details about a person

200
Determined to succeed
What is ambitious?
200

My parents don't agree with my plans after graduation. I need to _____ myself and make sure they know how important studying photography is to me. 

assert

300

The mother wants her daughter to discover that she has a __________

What is a talent?

300

Which subhead is over the section that tells us Amy Tan thinks music and stories are connected?

Two kinds of storytelling
300
Unpleasant sound
What is discordant?
300

After her terrible performance at the recital, Jing-Mei expected to her her mother's ______, but her mom didn't say anything and went into her room. 

reproach

400
The narrator is a/an _______ person.


Word bank:

ambitious    generous     independent    obedient   responsible      shy    unsure      weak

What is performs in the talent show?

400
You find it under a photo, it describes a photo.
What is a caption?
400
Belief that something will happen
What is expectation?
400

The mother expects her daughter to be obedient and become a piano prodigy. The daughter disagrees and wants to be herself. This is the ________ of the story. 

conflict

500

Read the bottom of page 51 to 52.

How do Jing-Mei's feelings change during the recital?

At the beginning she feels _____.

At the end she feels _______.

Word Bank:    angry  ashamed  bored  calm empathetic  excited  nervous  scared

She feels excited, then ashamed

500

What do the members Rock Bottom Remainders all have in common?

They are writers

they are authors

500
Certain to happen
What is inevitable?
500

The daughter is the (a)_________ of the story and the mother is the (b)__________. 

(a) protagonist

(b) antagonist