"The Rent Collector" - Chapters 8-12

According to Sang Ly, what is literature?

• Paper with writing on it

• Things read at the university

• Important reading

• Children's books

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Where do you need to go to find literature?

• The city

• Literature is everywhere

• The library

• No where. You cannot find literature in Cambodia

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the major conflict/issue in chapter 8?

• Sang Ly's son is very ill and they are desperate for a cure

• Sang Ly doesn't want Sopeap to leave

• Sang Ly's family does not have shelter

• Sang Ly hasn't heard from her husband

What does Sopeap mean when she says, "poetry predicates literacy?"

• That you must understand poetry before reading it

• People sing poems

• People recited poems before they could read or write

• Poems are found on the walls of caves

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What does Lucky show Sang Ly in chapter 10?

• An injured child

• A young woman

• A book

• A pile of trash

What is a major issue the dump experiences?

• Trash

• Gangs

• Sadness

• Toxic gas

Sopeap teaches Sang Ly in chapter 10 that good stories do what?

• teach

• help

• nothing

• everything

How are we literature?

• Our lives, our hopes, our desires, our despairs are expressed in literature

• We read stories and become those stories

• Stories entertain taking away the pain of life

• Stories teach us what not to do

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the plan that Sang Ly devises in Chapter 12?

• To learn how to read

• To have the young girl escape

• To teach her son how to read

• To help Sopeap recover from her exhaustion

What does Sang Ly give Maly?

• A basket of food

• A jacket

• A book

• Water