WorksheetsMy Diary From Here To There
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
What point of view is the story written in?
First person
Second person
Third person
Why do Amada's parents want to move to Los Angeles?
To visit her grandmother.
So her father can find employment.
To write her journal.
To try a new culture.
Where does Amana's family plan to stay while her father is in Los Angeles?
Arizona
With her friend
Rent a house in Los Angeles
With her grandparents in Mexicali
What adjective would be best to use to describe Amada's feelings when she first finds out the family will be moving?
Excited
Happy
Worried
Frightened
What were 2 questions Amada had when thinking about moving?
What card does the family need to live in the United States?
A gold card
A yellow card
A green card
A silver card
Why does Amada's grandmother give her a journal?
To keep her language and culture alive
To do her homework
To learn English
To help her write letters to her friends in Mexico
Using full sentences, give at least one reason why you might want to keep a journal.
Why does Amada wait behind while her father goes to the USA?
Amada has to look after her grandmother.
Her father needs to make some money.
Amada needs to babysit her brothers.
Her father needs to get green cards for the family.
What is the big transition for Amada in the story?
Meeting her grandmother
Receiving a journal.
Moving to a new country.
Waiting for her father.
If you were to move to another country, what is a new opportunity might you have there? Write in full sentences.
What does Amada learn by the end o the story?
She doesn't like the USA.
She misses her friends.
She's stronger than she thought.
She likes American culture.
Bonus question: Write a journal entry for a day in your life in lockdown. Write in the first person what a normal day is like during covid time.
