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    Name:

    Date:

    Period:

    Two Kinds
    By: Amy Tan

    Previewing Texts

    1. Preview the text by looking at the pictures and reading the captions. What do
    you predict this story will be about?

    2. Fill out the first two boxes of the K-W- L Chart below. Now that you’ve previewed the
    text, write down what you know about the topic in Box #1. Write down what you want
    to find out in Box #2. When you finish reading the story, write what you’ve learned or
    discovered in Box#3.

    What I KNOW now What I WANT to find out What I LEARNED


    Box #1 Box #2 Box #3

    1. 1. 1.

    2. 2. 2.

    3. 3. 3.

    4. 4. 4.

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    Pre-reading Vocabulary

    Directions: Write the definition next to each of the following words. Next, write a
    sentence that properly uses each word in context.

    1. Prodigy: a child of highly unusual talent or genius

    2. Lamented:

    3. Listlessly:

    4. Mesmerizing:

    5. Discordant:

    6. Dawdled:

    7. Stricken:

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    8. Fiasco:

    9. Nonchalantly:

    10. Betrayal:

    Questions for Thought

    Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to


    proofread your answers and be prepared to share.

    1. What did the narrator’s mother believe? What can the reader tell about her?

    2. What does the narrator mean when she says that they did not immediately pick
    the right kind of prodigy?

    3. What happens to the narrator at the beauty training school?

    4. Why does the instructor say that Peter Pan is very popular?

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    5. What would happen after dinner every night? What can the reader infer?

    6. What did the narrator’s mother do for a living? Why do you think she is so
    anxious for her daughter to become a prodigy?

    7. What is the effect of the tests on the narrator?

    8. What happens when the narrator looks into the mirror and sees her “prodigy
    side?"

    9. What causes the narrator’s mother to revive the idea of the narrator becoming
    a prodigy?

    10. How did the narrator’s mother manage to procure regular piano lessons for the
    narrator? What can the reader infer from this?

    11. Why does the narrator’s mother call her daughter ungrateful? How do you
    think the narrator will respond?

    12. Why did Old Chong retire?

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    13. How does the narrator practice? Why does she practice this way?

    14. Who is Waverly? How does the narrator feel about her?

    15. What causes Jing-mei to want to put a stop to her mother’s pride?

    16. What happens at the performance?

    17. What is it that devastates Jing-mei the most?

    18. What does Jing-mei say to finally defeat her mother? How do you think it will
    affect her later in life?

    19. What does Jing-mei’s mother offer to give Jing-mei? Why is this significant?
    What can we infer about Jing-mei’s mother from this?

    20.How do you think Jing-mei changes at the end of the story?

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    Literary Focus

    Directions: Answer the following questions about the following literary terms.

    1. What is external conflict? Give an example from the text.

    2. What is internal conflict? Give an example from the text.

    3. Explain what character motivation is. What is Jing-mei’s mother’s motivation in


    the story?

    4. Explain what indirect characterization is. What is one example from the text
    that characterizes Jing-mei? What is one example that characterizes her
    mother?

    Critical Thinking
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    Directions: Jing-mei’s mother was often harsh and straightforward in her
    methods. Do you feel that she was pushing Jing-mei too hard or do you feel
    that she was correct? Do you believe that Jing-mei’s mother was cruel or
    that Jing-mei was the one who was cruel? Provide concrete examples to
    support your position.

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