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Dragonwings by Laurence Yep Vocabulary Review

Dragonwings by Laurence Yep Vocabulary Review. “All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” ― Ernest Hemingway. "With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America."

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Dragonwings by Laurence Yep Vocabulary Review

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  1. Dragonwingsby Laurence YepVocabulary Review “All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.” ― Ernest Hemingway

  2. "With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America." The exhibition interweaves the historical and political context of Chinese immigration to the United States with the personal stories and cultural traces of multiple generations. “I only knew that there was a certain rightness in life--the feeling you got when you did something the way you knew you should.” ― Laurence Yep, Dragonwings

  3. AMIABLY GOOD - NATURED

  4. DUBIOUSLY DOUBTFULLY

  5. Around 600 CE, the T'ang Dynasty took over leadership of China. This dynasty managed to end the Age of Division, and all the squabbling. They pulled China together again as one country.  Golden Age of China: This was China's golden age. People were happy. The wars were over. There was a gaiety in China in Tang times. Many new things were introduced like bananas. Tea drinking became popular.     The Tang Dynasty is famous for it's encouragement of literature, dancing, music, scroll painting, and art. Craftsmen worked with bronze and silver and gold and copper. Pottery was painted with ornate scenes of daily life, and of carriages, and bridges, and signs of the zodiac. People came from as far away as India and Korea to study the arts in China. There were special rooms in the imperial palace for training. You had to have talent, but the opportunity was there. DYNASTY A succession of family rulers

  6. Heirlooms Treasured family collections

  7. The Mirror Scene - Prelude to "Phantom of the Opera” The Mirror PHANTOM: Insolent boy! This slave of fashion, basking in your glory! Ignorant fool!
This brave young suitor,
sharing in my triumph! CHRISTINE: Angel! I hear you! Speak - I listen ... stay by my side, guide me! Angel, my soul was weak -
forgive me ...
enter at last, Master! PHANTOM: Flattering child, you shall know me, see why in shadow I hide! Look at your face in the mirror -
I am there inside! CHRISTINE: Angel of Music! Guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! Angel of Music!
Hide no longer!
Come to me, strange angel ... Insolent Disrespectful, rude

  8. Intuitive Instinctive; by hunch

  9. Poppies have long been used as a symbol of sleep, peace, and death: Sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of the common blood-red color of the red poppy in particular.

  10. Chapter V (5), Page 102 We know how the Chinese were forced to sell opium for the British… even Moon Shadow knows the truth. Black Dog has a different view… • Summarize Black Dog’s story in 1-2 sentences. • Write why you think Black Dog shares this story with young Moon Shadow. Use text evidence to support your answer.

  11. ABACUS A TOOL FOR ADDING AND SUBTRACTING

  12. Amulets Good luck charms

  13. Antiquated Old, out of date

  14. Benevolence Kindness, generosity

  15. Ironically With double meaning, sarcastically

  16. patronizing Snobbish, haughty

  17. Schematics Diagrams, plans

  18. Tainted Poisoned; disgraced The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted. Mahatma Gandhi

  19. Vehemently Fiercely, strong and often angry emotions

  20. Ste-re-op-ti-con

  21. References Youtube Palo Alto Middle School Libraries http://staff.pausd.org/~middlelibrary/topic_links/dragonwings.html

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