Two Kinds: Analyze Craft & Structure and Language

^{Two Kinds, Amy Tan}

^{Close Read}

^{Analyze Craft and Structure}

^Language

Multiple Choice

In paragraphs 4 and 5, the words "Ni Kan" are italicized. Why would the author choose to italicize these words?

• Ni Kan is a Chinese term that Jing Mei's mother uses when she wants her to pay attention. It is italicized to emphasize the tension between Jing Mei and her mother.

• Ni Kan is a Chinese term that is italicized to show how much Jing Mei's mother loves and supports her no matter what.

Multiple Choice

Paragraph 32: “Why don’t you like me the way I am? I’m not a genius! I can’t play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn’t go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!” I cried.

What does the punctuation suggest about the tone of this conversation?

• Exclamation points are used by authors to convey happiness and excitement only. The tone of the conversation is there for excited, and friendly.

• Exclamation points are used by authors to suggest strong emotions. The tone of the conversation is therefore emotional, heated, and tense.

Multiple Select

Compare and Contrast: How are the mother and daughter similar and different?

• Both the mother and daughter are strong-willed.

• The mother is more idealistic believing anything is possible if you try hard enough.

• The daughter is more realistic believing that people have limitations on what they are capable of achieving.

Poll

Draw Conclusions: In this story, conflict, or a struggle between the characters, results when a mother pushes her daughter to succeed. Is there a winner in this conflict?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What have you learned about how people of different generations interact from reading this story? What does this story tell us about how people of different generations can have an influence on each other?

Analyze: Character

• Character traits are the individual qualities that make each character unique. You can identify character traits by making inferences, or educated guesses, about a character based on how they think, act, and speak.

• A character’s motives are the emotions or goals that drive him/her/they to act in a certain way.

• A character’s perspective is how he/she/they view events based on their experiences or emotions.

Analyze: Point of View

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told.

• When a story is told from the first-person point of view, the narrator is a character who participates in the action and uses first-person pronouns such as I and me to refer to themselves. 

• When a story is told from the third-person point of view, the narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator uses third-person pronouns such as he/she/they to refer to the characters.

Multiple Choice

Which character traits sound the most like Jing Mei?

• Rebellious, Insecure, Proud, funny, undisciplined.

• Goal oriented, Confident, Idealistic, Disciplined.

Multiple Choice

From what point of view is the story told?

• First Person (I/me/my)

• Third Person (he/she/they)

Latin Prefix: in- 

The prefix in- means “not.” When this prefix is added to a base word, the new word takes on the opposite meaning from the original word. 

Example: Incorrect means not correct.

Multiple Choice

Incomplete means

• complete

• not complete

Multiple Choice

Insecure means

• Secure

• Not Secure

Language: Nouns

•  A common noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Example: mother, daughter, street

• A Proper Noun names a specific person, place, or thing. Example: Mr. Chong, Jing Mei, Sacramento Street

• A possessive noun shows ownership. Example: The audience's reaction.

Language: Pronouns

• A personal pronoun takes the place of a noun or several nouns named elsewhere in the text, referring to a specific person or thing. (I, me, we, us, you, she, her, he, him, they, them, it)

• A possessive pronoun shows possession or ownership. (mine, hers, his, theirs, ours, its)

Multiple Choice

John likes computer games. John doesn't, play computer games very often.

• Him / them

• He / it

• Hims / they

• He / them

Multiple Choice

The girl is happy. The girl is going to the cinema.

• He

• She

• Her

• It

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a common noun?

• October
• Halloween
• Easter
• holiday

Multiple Choice

The boys will go to school on Wednesday. Which word is a proper noun?

• noun
• Wednesday
• boys
• school

Multiple Choice

Are all proper nouns capitalized?

• Yes
• No

Open Ended

Evidence Log: How does the story Two Kinds connect to the prompt- In what situations can one generation learn from another? How does this text change or add to your thinking?