Vocab. + Background Info for MEASURING UP

Cici is our main character. She moves from _______ to _______.

• Taiwan, Minneapolis

• Taiwan, Seattle

• Minneapolis, Taiwan

• Seattle, Taiwan

"Good grades, good college, good job, good life" is Cici's family mantra. Mantra means...

• an advertisement that is shown all of the time

• a tattoo a family gets together

• a statement or slogan repeated frequently

Theme:

• the problem or issue a character faces

• when and where a story takes place

• the series of events in a story

• the lesson or message the story shares

Setting:

• the problem or issue a character faces

• when and where a story takes place

• the series of events in a story

• the lesson or message the story shares

Plot:

• the problem or issue a character faces

• when and where a story takes place

• the series of events in a story

• the lesson or message the story shares

Conflict:

• the problem or issue a character faces

• when and where a story takes place

• the series of events in a story

• the lesson or message the story shares

A-má means...

• Grandma

• Grandpa

• Auntie

• Uncle

Numerology means the knowledge that deals with the importance of numbers and how numbers relate to events in our lives.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Eliminate means...

• to be combined or partnered

• to be included or added

• to be excluded or removed

Competition means...

• an event/contest where people try to win something

• an event/contest where people try to find peace and have everyone win