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Jun 6, 2018 · pass for an American— from the back, anyway. At least the kids in school wouldn’t stop and stare at me in the hallways, which was what they did when they saw me in my white blouse and navy blue skir
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Sep 8, 2022 · The story follows a Chinese immigrant family who faces cultural challenges and embarrassments while adapting to American life. The protagonist, a young girl, reflects on her experiences of trying to fit in, making friends, and balancing her cultural identity.
- Question 1: Choose The Correct Answer.
- Question 2: Why Do You Think The Narrator’S Family Was Sitting stiffly?
- Question 3: Why Do You Think The Narrator’S Entire Family Chose stalks?
- Question 5: What Do You Think Is A Buffet Dinner?
- Question 6: Read The Lines and Answer The Questions
- Question 8: How Did Lensey’S Family Eat Their Vegetables in China and Why?
(a) The narrator’s family was uncomfortable about eating celery because
i. they hadn’t seen celery before. ii. they hadn’t eaten raw celery before. iii. they had never eaten celery without a dip.
b. The narrator’s family was embarrassed because
i. they had eaten raw celery and skipped the dinner. ii. they had eaten raw celery and taken their chairs to the dining table. iii. they had pulled the strings off celery stalks and taken their chairs to the dining table.
c. What did the narrator feel was similar about an American meal and a Chinese meal?
i. The mothers are not sure about how much food to prepare. ii. Vegetables are boiled before cooking. iii. Salad is an important part of the meal.
Answer: Lensely’s family was sitting stiffly because they were uncomfortable at their neighbour’s house in a different country.
Answer: Lensely’s family only chose stalks because they did not want to try the other unfamiliar dishes and raw vegetables.
Answer: A buffet dinner is a meal where people serve themselves from the table and then stand or sit somewhere else to eat.
(a) What were the narrator and her family zipping?
Answer: The narrator and her family were ‘zipping’ the stalks of celery.
(b) Why were they zipping it?
Answer: The long strings running through the length of the stalk of celery got caught in the teeth of the narrator and the family. They were zipping it to pull the strings out of the stalk.
(c) What does the expression dead silence mean?
Answer: The expression ‘dead silence’ means complete silence.
Answer: In China, the narrator’s family never ate celery or any other kind of vegetable in its raw form. They always had to disinfect the vegetables in boiling water first.
Lensey Namioka is the only person known to have the first name "Lensey." Her name has an especially unusual property for a Chinese person born in China: there are no Chinese characters to represent it. Lensey's father, Yuenren Chao, was cataloguing all of the phonemes used in Chinese.
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The All-American Slurp. Grade 5-6 Stories. The major themes of this story by Lensey Namioka are: 1) the innate desire of most people (especially the young) to “fit in” with the community in which they find themselves; and 2) the need to understand and accept cultural differences when they appear.
Download text here: https://app.box.com/s/eszfv6t6vjtproz... HOMEWORK #18 (DUE FRIDAY 2/27) Directions: Step #1- Read “The All-American Slurp” along with the YouTube recording.
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The All-American Slurp. by Lensey Namioka. Making Connections. Quick answers. 1. Choose the correct answer. a. The narrator's family was uncomfortable about eating celery because. i. they hadn't seen celery before.
