Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Miss Rumphius/ Chinese New Year

Please choose 2 or more questions to answer. Use complete sentences and correct capitalization and punctuation!!

Restate the question in your answer!

1. Organizing
Both Miss Rumphius and Chinese New Year tell about traditions that are passed along. How are the traditions alike and different?

2. Analyzing
How do traditions help younger people and older people feel closer? Use examples from this theme.
**stories from this theme are: The Keeping Quilt, Grandmas Records, The Talking Cloth and Dancing Rainbows.

3. Generating
Both Miss Rumphius and Aunt Phoebe in The Talking Cloth share beautiful things with other people. Why do you think they do this?

4- Evaluating
Do you think it’s important to keep your traditions going? Explain your answer using examples from the text and your own life.

A Dicken's Tale

Think about the play. How could you summarize it for someone who did not see the production?