The Wise Old Woman Review

Vocabulary

100

to send someone away

banish

200

to declare something into law or in writing

decree

300

a noisy disturbance 

commotion 

400

to think highly of one's self and to look down on others

arrogant 

500

to trick someone 

deceive 

Reading Comprehension

100

The age the elderly turned and were banished from the village

71

200

The mother left these behind so the farmer could find his way back to the village

twigs or branches 

300

This was used to get an ant to thread a piece of silk through a branch

sugar

400

This is the amount of ropes of ash Lord Higa wanted

One thousand 

500

The lord decreed this and why.

That all elderly at the age of 71 one must be banished to the mountains to die because they were unable to work.

Miscellaneous

100

This is what the C stands for in CER

Claim

200

This is the amount of pieces of textual evidence that MUST be cited in a written response.

Several (more than 1)

300

This is the author of The Wise Old Woman

Yoshiko Uchida 

400

This is the genre of our text.

Narrative Folktale

500

This teacher should win the vote for 7th grade Dude, Be Nice staff Member.

Mr. Jewett

Skills

100

This is a one word response to describe a text.

Topic

200

This is the main message an author wants a reader to learn about one portion of a text.

Central idea

300

This is when the reader learns a message from the text and applies it to their everyday life.

Theme

400

This is the theme of The Wise Old Woman

To get rid all the elderly is to get rid of all the wisdom.

500

To find theme, a reader must look at these things in a text. (There are six responses, list at least three)

Characters, setting, conflict, dialogue, resolution, and the title

Short Response

100

This is the decree that cruel, arrogant lord made.

That all elderly at the age of 71 must be banished to the mountains to die.

200

This is how the mother was able to "thwart" Lord Higa.

She solved the three challenges. 

300

This is why the cruel, arrogant lord had a change of heart towards the elderly.

The cruel, arrogant lord realized that the elderly offer value and wisdom because no one else could solve the three challenges. 

400

This is how the mother felt about the challenges.

The mother was calm and wasn't really worried about them.

500

Provide a verbal summary of the text.

Answers will vary but should include that the elderly were initially banished, a young farmer defied the cruel lord, and the mother was able to save the village from being conquered from Lord Higa by solving the three challenges.