English 11 The Jade Peony Chapter 14 Thought Questions

Chapter Fourteen
1. Where does Meiying take Mei-Lung?  Why is he surprised?
2. Why is Meiying’s relationship doomed from the start?

English 11 The Jade Peony Chapter 12 Thought Questions

Chapter Twelve
1. What does the jade peony remind Sek-Lung of now?
2. How does the childrens’ play echo what is taking place in the world?
3. What is the attitude of many people in Vancouver to the Japanese and Japanese Canadians?
4. Miss Doyle rules with “compassionate terror.”  Explain.
5. What does Miss Doyle emphasize when talking to the class about the day’s battles?  Who is the hero of many of her stories?
6. What is Sek-Lung referring to when he says, “We had glimpsed paradise.”

English 11 The Jade Peony Chapter 11 Thought Questions

Chapter Eleven
1. What does Kiam think about ghosts?
2. What does Sek-Lung think that Grandmama wants him to tell the rest of the family?
3. How does the family try to finally free itself of Grandmama’s ghost?
4. According to Sek-Lung, what has caused his health to finally improve?

English11 The Jade Peony Chapter 10 Thoughts Questions

Chapter Ten

1.    Why couldn’t Sek-Lung go to school like his sister and brothers?

2.    Who teaches Sek-Lung?  How do they feel about this?

3.    Who does Sek-Lung believe will help him get to school?

4.    How does the family react to Sek-Lung’s belief that he has seen Grandmama’s ghost?

5.    Discuss the quotation, “The World of Chinatown was the world of what if.

English 11 Jade Peony Chapter 9 Thought Questions

Chapter Nine
1. What do we learn about Grandmama’s past?
2. Why does Grandmama make her last windchime?  Why is the making of the windchime a source of conflict in the family?
3. What do the colours pink and white represent in this chapter?
4. What does Grandmama leave Sek-Lung?  What does this gift symbolize?
5. What comment does this chapter make about love?

English 11 The Jade Peony Thought Questions

The Jade Peony Thought Questions

Part One: Jook Liang, Only Sister
Chapter One
1. Draw a family tree showing the relationships in Jook Liang’s family.
2. Describe Stepmother’s position in the family.
3. What is the setting of the story?
4. Why had the “ENEMIES OF FREE CHINA” game been imported to Canada?
5. What was the “day of shame”?
6. Why was father worried about Wong Bak’s visit?
7. Wong Bak is called by several names.  What are they?

Chapter Two
1. Describe the relationship between Jook-Liang and Poh-Poh.
2. What do we learn about Poh-Poh’s childhood in China?
3. Why does Poh-Poh pay so much attention to Sek-Lung?
4. REWRITE What is some evidence of cultural conflict within Jook-LIang?
5. Describe the relationship between Jook-Liang and Wong Bak.

Chapter Three
1. What are Father and Wong Bak working on at the beginning of the chapter?  Why is there so much secrecy?
2. Why is Wong Bak returning to China?

Part Two: Jung-Sum, Second Brother
Chapter Four
1. Why is Jung-Sum so happy about his new pet?
2. According to Poh-Poh, what do turtles represent in Chinese culture?
3. Why does Jung-Sum call the turtle King George?
4. Why does Dai Kew give Jung-Sum a dollar?

Chapter Five
1. What chore is Jung-Sum given at the beginning of the chapter?
2. What does Poh-Poh say about Jung-Sum that suggests he may be different from other boys?
3. When Jung-Sum first meets Poh-Poh, who does he think she is?
4. What has happened to Jung-Sum’s parents?  What was his live like with them?
5. How does Jung-Sum feel about boxing?
6. Describe the history of the coat, and its transformation.
7. Describe Gee Sook.
8. Why does Poh-Poh frequently say, “I die soon”?

Chapter Six
1. What evidence is there of Old Yuen’s bad luck?
2. Describe Frank.
3. What does Jung-Sum learn about himself after the fight?

Chapter Seven
1. How does Frank treat Jung-Sum?  How does Jung-Sum feel about this?
2. What gift does Frank give Jung-Sum?
3. According to Poh-Poh, what does the moon represent?
4. How does Father react to Poh-Poh’s stories?  Why?
5. Describe Poh-Poh’s jade peony.

Chapter Eight
1. What frustration does Sek-Lung have about family names in Chinese?
2. What conflict does Sek-Lung feel about being Chinese and being Canadian?
3. Who is Chen Suling?
4. What does Third Uncle say about the term “Stepmother”?

ENG11 sentence combining

Swimming Pool

1.    The public swimming pool opens during the winter at 6 PM every evening, and Gino goes regularly.

Gino goes regularly to the public swimming pool which opens during the winter at 6 PM every evening.

2.    He offers to take Mario who is his brother and five years old but is afraid of water and never wants to go. UGLY, NO STYLE

He offers to take his five-year-old brother, Mario, but Mario is afraid of water and never wants to go.

He offers to take his five-year-old brother, Mario, who is afraid of water; however, Mario never wants to go.

NOUN MODIFIES A NOUN- NEVER BE PLURAL

“a books room” “a five-years-old boy”

He is five years old.  He is a five-year-old boy.”

“This is a nine-weeks class.”

“a groceries store.” “a grocery story”

“I need to buy some groceries at the grocery store.”

Subway

1.    The train pulled out of the grimy station that was covered with graffiti.

The train pulled out of the grimy, graffiti-covered station.

10.    The middle-aged man who crossed and uncrossed his legs while he was holding a newspaper open to the business section and paying little attention to the others tried to concentrate on the small print of the stock market report.

The middle-aged man who was holding a newspaper that was open to the business section paid little attention to the others; he crossed and uncrossed his legs as he tried to concentrate on the small print of the stock market report.