Vocabulary
What does "persevere" mean?
To continue despite challenges or obstacles.
What is one word that describes the protagonist of Red Scarf Girl?
True or False: A theme will only appear once in a particular text.
False.
What is text evidence?
Information from the text that supports an idea or answer.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
A political movement started by Chairman Mao
What is a "theme"?
A central message, idea, or lesson in a story.
What is a character trait?
A quality or characteristic that describes how a character thinks, feels, or acts.
Name one theme from Red Scarf Girl.
Family is the most important thing.
True or False: When making an inference, you can use your own opinion without text evidence.
False.
What is the climax of a story?
The most exciting or intense part of the story, where the conflict reaches its peak.
What does "denounce" mean?
Publicly express disapproval.
How does the Ji-li change or grow in the text?
Teacher discretion.
How does the theme of friendship appear in the text?
Through the way characters support or learn from each other.
What actions do the Red Guards take that show how people were judged unfairly?
Search Ji-li's house. They hit her brother and abuse her mother and grandmother. They destroy the Jiang's personal belongings.
What does Ji-li hide in the litter box and why?
The letter because her mother wrote it to criticize people in power and could get in trouble.
What does "liberate" mean?
To free.
What is Ji-li's motivation toward the end of the memoir?
To protect and take care of her family.
How does the theme of family appear in Red Scarf Girl?
Through Ji-li deciding to stay loyal to her family or to Chairman Mao and the revolution.
What are two phrases that signal a quote is being used as evidence?
“According to the text...” or “The author writes...”
What is the climax of Red Scarf Girl?
When Ji-li's dad gets locked up.
Use “inference” in a sentence related to reading a story.
When reading a story, I made an inference that the character was sad because they kept looking at an old photograph.
Why is Ji-li embarrassed of her family?
They were landlords and are richer than other people.
How does fear affect how people act in the story? Find an example.
Shan-shan walks right past his mother (Aunt Xi-wen) while she is sweeping the streets.
Why is it important to explain how text evidence supports your answer?
It shows you understand how the evidence connects to the question.
List the main events from the text in the correct order.
The Cultural Revolution begins. Ji-li witnesses people she knows get humiliated and hurt in public. Ji-li's father is arrested. Ji-li cannot participate in the Class Education Exhibition. The incriminating letter is found.