Miami by Way of Fujian

Match the sensory words that the author uses to help you visualize parts of the story to the paragraph number it's found on

• Paragraph 3 page 54

• White walls, soft puzzle pieces, giant marshmallows

• Paragraph 1 page 55

• Crowed sidewalk, people with black straight hair and almond eyes

• Paragraph 5 page 54

• Short, black hair, 5th grade

• Paragraph 2 page 54

• Cuba, pristine beaches, smooth jazz, village

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is in the conflict in the story?

• She lives in Cuba

• Her grandmother in from Cuba

• She wonders who she is

• She lives in China

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Where is the simile in this story?

• People crowd onto the sidewalks

• The city amazed me

• Soft foam puzzle pieces that looked like giant marshmallows

• She was shorter than me.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the genre of this book?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

Use the text feature to answer the following question.

What does abuela mean?

• Grandparents

• Grandmother

• Fried Rice

• Mother

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Go back in the story, put a box around the text evidence on page 55 that shows how Mariel feels about Mei JIng. Type it below

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Mariel is showing many character traits throughout the story.

For each trait, go back in the story and put a star by it.

• Confused

• Sympathetic

• Curious

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What does the vocab word emotion mean?

• A strong feeling such as love, sorrow, or hate

• Being Sad

• Being in motion

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4