Red Scarf Girl Vocabulary

educable

• Able to be educated

• The act or process of correcting what is wrong with something

• To speak in a formal setting such as a court

• Strongly stating that something is bad or wrong

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

reform

• To speak in a formal setting such as a court

• changes made to an organization in order to improve it

• Strongly stating that something is bad or wrong

• Strong belief or opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

testify

• Able to be educated

• Strong belief or opinion

• Strongly stating that something is bad or wrong

• Give evidence as a witness to a crime

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

condemning

• The act or process of correcting what is wrong with something

• To speak in a formal setting such as a court

• Express complete disapproval of someone or something, usually in public

• Strong belief or opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

conviction

• Strong belief or opinion

• Strongly stating that something is bad or wrong

• To speak in a formal setting such as a court

• Able to be educated

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which sentence provides the BEST context clue for the meaning of the word condemn?

• I saw Dad looking at me hopelessly, tears on his face.

• When she went onstage to condemn her mother, she actually slapped her face.

• "facing thousands of people...raising my fist to lead the chant, “Down with Jiang Xi-reng.”

• “There is something you can do to prove you are truly Chairman Mao’s child.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which sentence provides the BEST context clue for the meaning of the word testify?

• "The key is your class stance."

• "I am sure you can tell us some things your father said and did that show his landlord and rightist mentality."

• “But my father never said anything against Chairman Mao"

• "Thin-Face and the woman left, saying they would be back to get my statement."

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Who is the author and narrator of the text?

• Thin Face

• Chairman Mao

• Jiang Xi-Reng

• Ji-Li Jiang

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is the choice that Ji-Li has to make?

• She must choose how she wants to condemn her father.

• She must choose when she will condemn her father.

• Her choice is to condemn her father or condemn her mother.

• Her choice is to condemn her father or stand by him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following is NOT a reason she should condemn her father?

• She wouldn't be an outcast in her society.

• She would be joining the side with more strength.

• Family comes first.

• She can protect the rest of her family, like her brother and sister.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6