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Red
Scarf
Girl
Create Folders…
1. Create tabs out of post-its for the
following subjects:
• Blue: Journals
• Pink: Vocabulary
• Green: Characters
• Purple: Quizzes
2. Place paper behind your “journal” tab,
and the correct papers behind the
vocabulary, characters, and quizzes tabs
Ch.1 Journal Prompt:
Classmates decide to go to the
home of a woman they don’t like and
threaten her. The woman is a member
of your family. You don’t want to go,
but your classmates will cause trouble
for you if you don’t. You cannot get
help from anyone in authority, such as
teachers, the school principal, or the
police. What do you do?
Ch.2 Journal Prompt:
What is the purpose of
Chairman Mao’s campaign to
“Destroy the Four Olds”? Does
this seem like a good plan?
Why, or why not? How would
you describe the Four Olds?
Ch.3 Journal Prompt:
Discuss the reasons for the
student group’s criticism of
Aunt Xi-wen. Do you agree
with the student group? Why
does Ji-li feel she has no
choice but to go along?
Ch.1-4 Discussion
1. When the children are making propaganda posters called da-zibao, they are permitted to copy articles from official newspapers.
What might this tell you about what is important and unimportant
to the Cultural Revolution?
2. At the protest against her aunt Xi-wen, Ji-li hangs back and hides,
but she still participates. What does this incident reveal about Ji-li’s
character?
3. Xi-reng, Ji-li’s father, comforts his children by explaining that their
class status is not their fault. If you were in Ji-li’s situation, would you
find his explanation comforting? Why or why not?
4. Ji-li’s family is discriminated against because her family belonged
to a group that is considered to be an enemy of the revolution.
Why do you think that some people are willing to discriminate
against others for things they did not do or do not control?
Ch.1-4 Quiz
1. Why did Ji-Li’s father forbid her to go to the audition?
2. Who is Song Po Po?
3. Who is An Yin?
4. What is Ji-Li’s dad’s job?
5. Why did the teenagers attack the older man on the street?
6. What did Du Hai accuse Ji-Li’s family of doing that was a Capitalist
act?
7. The first da zi bao were written about whom? Or what?
8. What happened to the da zi bao about Ji-Li?
9. Ji Li was not elected to the Red Successors because her
grandfather was a ______?
10. Why did Du Hai tell Ji-Li to stay after school?
Ch.1-4 Quiz Answers
1.
Ji-li’s father forbid her to go to the audition because she wouldn’t pass
the political background check.
2.
Song Po Po is Ji-li’s housekeeper.
3.
An Yin is Ji-li’s best friend.
4.
Ji-li’s dad is an actor.
5.
The teenagers attacked the old man because his clothes represented
the four olds.
6.
Du Hai accused Ji-li’s family of committing the Capitalist Act of having a
housekeeper.
7.
The first da-zi-bao were written about the teachers.
8.
The da-zi-bao was about Ji-li having a relationship with a male teacher.
It was destroyed in the rain.
9.
Ji Li was not elected to the Red Successors because her grandfather
was a landlord.
10. The Red Successors wanted to speak with Ji-li after school to point out
her problems.
Ch.4 & 5 Journal Prompt:
Discuss the reaction to the
announcement that
graduation is automatic. Why
does Ji-li’s elation evaporate
as she watches Du Hai roar
with laughter? What does she
realize? Do you think exams
are useful?
Ch.6 Journal Prompt:
Discuss the dismissal of
Song Po-po. Do you think Song
Po-po felt exploited? Should Jili be happy that Song Po-po is
gone?
Ch.7 Journal Prompt:
What are the
responsibilities of the
Neighborhood Dictatorship
Group? What does the
detention of the ragpicker tell
you about Six-Fingers’ ability to
make wise decisions?
Ch.8 Journal Prompt:
Why does Dad decide
that Grandma should spend
some time at the park? What
does Ji-li realize as she sits with
Grandma during the first visit
to the park?
Ch.5-8 Discussion
1. “She doesn’t seem like a landlord’s wife,” Ji-li thinks of her
grandmother. “In the movies the landlord’s wife was ugly, cruel
and stupid. Grandma was beautiful, kind and smart.” How do
these thoughts help illustrate the theme of individuality?
2. What is the basis of the bond that has developed between Ji-li and
An Yi by the end of “A Search in Passing.”
3. Ji-li and her family are being prosecuted for reasons beyond their
control. What other stories, TV shows, or movies can you think of in
which the hero or heroine faces punishment for things he or she
cannot control? Give an example how one of these heroes or
heroines dealt with the situation.
4. Ji-li enjoys looking at her family’s photographs. Why do you think
people enjoy looking at old family photographs?
Ch.5-8 Quiz
1. In “Graduation,” both Ji-li and An-li went shopping together for
what?
2. At the end of “Graduation,” what bad news did Ji-li receive from
Teacher Gu?
3. What did the drums and gongs signal?
4. Why does Ji-li have to take on extra household duties?
5. What does the Jiang family do in their house to prepare for a
possible inspection?
6. When Ji-li sees the people who have morning repentance
sweeping the street, who does she recognize?
7. What did Old Qian do that made the Red Guards mad at him and
caused them to search his house?
8. What terrible punishment did the Red Guards inflict on Old Qian?
9. What were Ji-li’s parents burning in the bathroom? Why?
10. What happens to Ji-yong to make him angry?
Ch.5-8 Quiz Answers
1. Ji-li and An-li went shopping together for school supplies.
2. Teacher Gu tells Ji-li that teacher assignments have been cancelled.
3. The drums and gongs signal that the Red Guards are conducting
searches of houses
4. They let Song Po-Po go.
5. To prepare for a possible inspection, the Jiangs dye their
Grandmother’s old trunks and make comforters out of old clothes.
6. During morning repentance, Ji-li recognizes her aunt.
7. Old Qian refused to let the Red Guards borrow his bike.
8. Old Qian had to kneel on the sharp edges of a washboard as
punishment.
9. Ji-li’s parents burned old pictures in the bathroom so the Red Guards
would not find them.
10. Ji-yong’s cap is taken and he is called a black whelp.
Ch.5-8 Activity
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In your table groups, you will receive 4 questions.
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Brainstorm answers to these questions as a group, and have
one person write your response (in paragraph form, 6-8
sentences) for each question, in BLACK ink, on a lined sheet of
paper.
Choose one scene from one of the 4 chapters and create an
illustration.
Choose one of the titles of the 4 chapters and use that as the
title of your poster.
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Use construction paper to mount your questions and answers,
and place on your poster!
•
Put effort into these posters to make them look neat and
decorated.
Ch.9 Journal Prompt:
Examine the Red Guards’
reasons to have struggle
meetings with teacher Wei.
What methods are used
against her? What does her
suffering achieve for China?
Ch.10 Discussion:
1.How does Ji- li qualify to join the propaganda for
the blackboard newspaper? Given the reaction of
her classmates, why does she decide not to
participate?
2. Ji-Li’s father is forced to attend a political study
class. What was the purpose of political study
classes for adults like Ji-li’s father.
3. How does Sun Lin-lin “rescue” Ji-li?
Ch.11 Journal Prompt:
Discuss Jili’s encounter with
the scene-shop foreman. Why
does he let Jili see Dad before
talking to her? What does he
mean by “not come to a
good end”?
Ch.12 Journal Prompt:
Why do Jili and Chiang
Hong envy each other? How
do Jili and Chang Hong, a
Red Guard, bridge the gap
between them?
Ch.9-12 Quiz
1. Why do Ji-li and An-yi worry about Teacher Wei?
2. What does Ji-li forget to bring to school when she finally gets to
Junior High?
3. Why won’t Shan-shan help Aunt Xi-wen when she falls down on the
street?
4. How does Ji-li react when she heard she will be asked to join the
propaganda group?
5. According to Ji-li, what was New Year’s Day like before the
Revolution? What’s it like now?
6. Why is Ji-li upset when Uncle Fan arrives at their house?
7. According to Uncle Fan, how are people treated if they confess to
the Red Guards? What if they resist?
8. What is the Class Education Exhibit?
9. Who finally convinces Ji-li she can overcome her family
background?
10. Why doesn’t Chang Hong stay home with her brother?
Ch.9-12 Quiz Answers
1. She had been a Model teacher and is now considered a black
model teacher. She is criticized at struggle meetings every day.
2. Ji-li forgets her Precious Red Book.
3.
Shan-shan has broken relations with his mother because of their
black class status.
4. She runs off and doesn’t wait to see Teacher Zhang.
5.
See p182-183
6.
Ji-li is upset because he has been beaten up.
7.
“Leniency to those who confess, and severity to those who resist.”
8.
It is an exhibit to expose the class enemies’ evil and remind us of the
misery of the old society and our happiness today.
9.
Teacher Zhang finally convinces her.
10. She isn’t going to allow personal matters to interfere with her
revolutionary duties.
Ch.13 Journal Prompt:
What does the article say
in the Workers’ Revolt? Why
does Jili suspect her parents of
hiding things from her rather
than offer them support?
What would you do if your
family were a constant source
of embarrassment to you?
Ch.14 Journal Prompt:
Why is Jili replaced at the
exhibition? How does Jili
react? Why won’t she respond
to Bai Shan’s interest in her?
Ch.15 Journal Prompt:
Examine more closely Chang
Hong’s claim that “the sweat of
honest work will wash the black stain
from your back and purify your mind
so that you can follow Chairman
Mao’s Revolutionary line” (233). What
is work like in the rice fields? How will
facing the “challenge of the double
rush” help Jili remold herself?
Ch.16 Journal Prompt:
Based on the treatment
the family receives from ThinFace, what conclusions can
you draw about the Cultural
Revolution?
Ch.17 Journal Prompt:
How does Jili resolve the
conflict between her ties to
her family and her duties to
Chairman Mao? Did she
prepare you throughout this
book for this outcome?