"Yeh-Shen" close-reading activity (step 2)

Who is Yeh-shen’s only friend?

• a boy she met in the forest

• a fish

• the nice stepsister

• her journal

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.7

What happened to Yeh-shen’s parents?

• They disappeared into the forest and never returned.

• They moved to a small village in rural China.

• They won the lottery and moved to America.

• They sickened and died.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

When did Yeh-shen meet the man?

• when she came to the pond that evening.

• when she was born.

• when the clock struck 12.

• when her stepsisters came to the forest.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Where did Yeh-shen go to meet her friend?

• her stepsister's room.

• her backyard.

• the bank of the pond.

• church.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why was Yeh-shen’s stepmother “terribly angry?”

• She found out that Yeh-shen and her stepsister were friends.

• There was a mouse in her room.

• Yeh-shen found her secret stash of money.

• Yeh-shen kept a secret from her.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

How did the stepmother trick the fish?

• She used a worm.

• She wore Yeh-shen's jacket.

• She sang a beautiful song.

• She smiled.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5