My Favorite Chaperone - Part One

The word SPONSORED comes from a Latin root word -spondre, which means, promise solemnly- that means

(If you SPONSOR someone, you support his or her admission into a group. Ex. AUNT MEDINA SPONSORED MAYA'S FAMILY)

• pledge

• return

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The word stunned comes from the Latin word tonare, which means "to thunder." Which words are synonyms for STUNNED as it is used in the story?

Hint-To stun someone is to make him or her feel shocked or dazed. ex. And then I was stunned because she nodded an pointed to me!

• astonished, bewildered

• overwhelmed, devastated

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What is Maya's motivation for misinterpreting Nurzhan's principal's words?

• She dislikes the principal.

• She is afraid of what her father will do to her brother.

• she wants to leave the office quickly.

• She thinks the principal is making too big of a deal about the fight.

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What happens when Maya has to translate for her father after Nurzhan got in a fight?

• She changes the principal's words leading Nurzhan to get into more trouble.

• She can't translate since she doesn't speak Russian.

• She translates exactly what the principal says.

• She translates so Nurzhan doesn't get into too much trouble.

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What is an INTERNAL conflict?

• A problem that takes place between a character and an outside force (example: two or more people in a fight, )

• A series of events.

• A problem that takes place inside a characters mind (example: you deciding whether to cheat on a test or not)

• It introduces the characters, setting, and conflict.

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Why does Maya have to attend her brother’s meeting with the principal?

• her parents are too busy at work

• to translate the conversation

• her mother asked her to

• she and her brother are orphans

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When Maya describes things that have happened in the past it is called:

• Again and Again

• Memory Moment

• Characterization

• Plot

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A chaperone is

• Someone who drives a cab.

• Someone who cleans houses.

• Someone who does gymnastics.

• Someone who goes with someone else to look after them.

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The STEAL method of characterization is used with

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• static characterization

• dynamic characterization

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In the following excerpt, which element of STEAL is used to learn that Maya is hopeless about getting to go to the dance?

"And even after I took one, I don't know why I didn't throw it away. Maybe I just couldn't give up hope. It's like that in America. It's a place where things can change for people, and many people always seem to have hope. At least that's how it seems to me. Maybe I was beginning to think this way, to, although my hope was very small"

• Looks

• Actions

• Thoughts

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