RSG: TRIAL PREP

RSG: Trial Prep

Trial of Chairman Mao: Witness Question Sheet
Directions: You as a witness are to write four questions and answers in the perspective of your character using the book as a reference. You should find passages from the novel in support of Chairman Mao OR evidence against him depending the side of the case you are representing. Remember to USE page numbers and POST these questions on your blog. Lawyers, use this document to create cross-examination questions. Two per character should be sufficient.

Character: Thin Face, Officer Ma

Student Name: Pratik Sarkar

1. Question: Why was Thinface influencing Ji-li to break up with her parents?

Answer: Thin face was influencing Ji-li to break up with her parents because her parents were causing her to have a bad class status. And he said that it wasn't Ji-Li's fault that she was born into a black family. But she can change that by changing her name. It would have been a good revolutionary action. (page # 191)

2. Question: Why did Officer Ma wanted Ji-li to change her name?

Answer: I wanted Ji-li to change her name to break all the relationships with her family because currently, she had a bad class status and as Mao says" You can't choose your class status and the family but you can make a clean break with your family. " I was supporting Ji-li to make a good revolutionary action, to make her Mao's child and also be an educable child. (pg#214-215)

3. Question: What did officer Ma think about Ji-li being there?

Answer: Officer Ma thought that Ji-li had came into his office to make a clean break with her family and suddenly he was relly freindly to Ji-li. But Ji-li did't like the suden freindliness so she left the office without even letting officer Ma know, and this was considered disrespectful. ( page #214-215)

4. Question: Why did Thin-Face search Ji-Li's house?

Answer: I searched Ji-Li's house because Ji-Li's family had a hidden incriminitaing letter against Mao Ze-Dong. I was being a good citizen and standing up for our leader. Ji-Li hid the letter and thought she could outsmart us. But she was wrong. (pg #248-249)

Red Scarf Girl

RED SCARF GIRL Study Questions, G Block
RED SCARF GIRL by Ji-Li Jiang Study Guide for Prologue to Chapter 7 Answer Questions in complete sentences and in depth on another sheet of paper and include PAGE NUMBERS.1.

1) Who are the members of Ji-Li’s family? Describe her family home. What class status does her family belong to? What is the occupation of her father? Mother?

The members of Ji-Li's family: They are Ji-Yong as the younger brother (11years old), (p14), Ji-Yun (10 year old), Song Po-Po (the nanny/housekeeper), (pg14-15), mom and dad, Grandmother, (who used to be the principal), p14, Aunt and cousin, (they live downstairs and the cousin is You-Mei, p15, a cat called "little White", p17. You-Mei's baby (Hua-Hua). (pg.15).
Her family home is a big building in Shanghai, a French window and high ceiling, (p15), and had only one room. The apartment was warm, and bright, (p7). There was a private bathroom, as large as some people’s entire house, (p15-16). They lived on an alley, (p20). Mahogany table, (p16).
Family occupation: Her dad is an actor and her mom used to be an actor, (p13), (she now works at a sport store). Her Grandmother was vice-principal of her old school, (p14).
Her families class status: Upper middle class, (p16), (there family had a bigger place to live in and were more special). (p15), her Grandmother had a modern education.2.

2)What is Ji-Li’s life at school like? What special honor is Ji-Li picked for at school? Describe Ji-Li’s parents’ reaction.

Ji-Li's life at school: Ji-Li was expected to succeed in everything; She was able to excel (pg.1). They were accusing her and her best friends for spreading the "four olds" (pg34-36). Ji-Li scored a perfect score on a math test(pg.3). She had opportunities for dance training (pg.6))
What special honor is she chosen for?: The central liberation army arts academy choose Ji-Li for their dance troop. (pg.6).Her parent’s reaction: They said no. They said that they had political problems that were complicated (pg.10). Her mom said that the army would be strict (pg.8) Her father was first shocked then angry then over protected and discouraging (pg8-10). Solemn (pg.8)What does Ji-Li do instead? : She gives a note to the principal about how she cannot participate in the try-outs (pg.11).

3) What are the "Four Olds"? Provide with some examples of each and why they need to be destroyed. What does "prosperity" mean? Why is this considered a thought?

Answer:Four old: Four olds mean to destroy old ideas, old customs, old culture and old habits(pg.21)
Examples:Saying Good morning to teachers was a four old because its an old custom.(pg.35)Respecting teachers was a four old because it was an old idea.(pg.35)Gowns, colorful silk neckties were four olds because it was an old culture stuff.Prosperity means succesful or flouris espeacially in financially.It was considered as a bad thought because Mao said that it was a exploitation.(pg.25)

4) What is xenophile? Why was bad to be a xenophile in revolutionary China?

Xenophile: An xenophile is a person who loves only foreign things. (Pg 285).
Why it was bad to be one: It was bad to be an xenophile because during the revolutionary China Chairman didn’t want to use foreign goods and wanted everything to be made in China. (Pg 285)

5) What is Da-zi-bao? What are being done with them? Who is Jiang- Xi-wen? Why does Ji-li hang a Da-Zi-bao in her house?

Da-zi-bao: They are large posters which are hung outside some (Pg 276)
people’s house. And these are done to humiliate some other people. (Pg 38)
Jiang-Xi-wen: Jiang-Xi-wen is Ji-li’s aunt. (Pg 44)
Ji-li hangs a Da-Zi-bao outside her house: She does this because
When she went to school she had been accused of being a rightist. (Pg 39)



6) Why does Ji-li stop going to school after a while? (She has been accused of what)?

Stop going to school: Ji-li stopped going to school for a while because she had been accused of being a rightist. (Pg 52)

7) What is a rightist? Use your own words to briefly explain the process eling one’s and ideology.

Rightist: A rightist is a member of the conservative and which disagrees with the communist party. (Pg 283)
To remold one’s ideology: To remold someone’s ideology someone would think of some good things that communism brings in.(Pg 278)

8) What did Ji-li’s grandfather (her father’s father) do for living? How does this affect Ji-li’s life?

Ji-li’s grandfather: Ji-li’s grandfather was a landlord and this can affect Ji-li’s life because during the revolutionary China if anybody was the landlord then he or she would be considered as the top rightists.(Pg 62 to 66)

Flex Day Field Trip

Flex Day Field Trip

October 12, 2008 Flex day

Garment Factory Questions

1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?

Do you think the products being manufactured here help or hurt
Bangladesh?


Answer one of the above questions and add two points of observation or reflection from the day abouts the two places we visited (Sterling Styles factory and Up2Date apparel office). Also you can compose a question that you may have from our flex day adventures. You should post these three items on your blog page.
1) answer a question 2) make two observations or reflections (or write your own questions that you may have) Three things in total!

7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?

The one question i still have about the Bangladesh garment factories are that where do they get all their materials from and what do they do to get the garment into shape?

Flex Day Quotes

Flex day pretty fun. Because I got to know all the new kind of gadgets they use to make clothes. They also told us that they need three kind of things to make new clothes, which were electricity,
boiler and sunlight.

Elliot's Expose

Elliot’s Expose
Blog response instructions:
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

When Elliot writes about his experience with the Jock Rots and sends it out over the KidNet, he includes the following quote in his letter."I think people ought to realize that stuff like this goes on every day…The rest of you are all part of it-because you let it go on and maybe you think it's funny, or you think it only happens to geeky outsiders and kids who are smaller or fatter or skinnier or don't have so many friends or so much money as you. So tell me-what happens when you don't have so many friends one day, or you don't have so much money, or something bad happens to you?" (91-92)

Blog Question:What is the message is he trying to get across to his classmates? (6pts)

I think that what Elliot is trying to say to other students is that. The people who are bullying other people should stop bullying. And even if the bullies din't stop then the victims should do something about it and not just let it go on.
He is also trying to say people that you should always say what is going on with you to your pals or you can also sent your stories on your school website. For e.g kidnet in elliots school and firstclass in ours. He is only asking for stories or asking the victims to tell their freinds because like that they could come up with a solution and solve the problemof bullying. This would happen when all the bystanders come together and go against the bullies.
For more information read page( 91 and 92) in (The Reavelers).
Two Peer Responses (4 pts)

The Revealers: Blog Topic: Role Reversal

The Revealers: Blog Topic: Role Reversal

Blog response instructions:
• Answer the questions in complete sentences and use proper English (restrain from using MSN chat style of writing).
• Use evidence from the novel to support your answer and include page numbers.
• When commenting to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their responses. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

Blog Question: After the Bully Lab was renamed, the Revealers, and the stories of the three Darkland students were released and well received by the student body, Elliot wanted to publish Russell’s narrative about Richie punching Russell in the face.
1) Why was Russell so opposed to the idea (pg. 110)? Explain. (4 pts)
2) What is happening to the relationship between Russell and Richie. (3 pts)
3) Two Peer Comments (4 pts each)

Blog Answer:

Posted by R Cook at 1:42 AM 0 comments

Question and Answers

Russel's narrative about Richie punching Russel's in his face

1) Why was Russel so oposed to the idea(pg110)? Explain

Ans)Russel was opposed to the idea of Elliot telling th news about Richie punching in Russel's face because Russel thought that if Richie knew that he was being told as a bully then Richie would just hit Russel again. And Russel didn't want that to happen.ie is slow becoming Russel's friend.

2) What is hapening to the relationship between Russel and Richie?

Ans) The relationship between Russel and Richie is growing better day by day and Richie is also helping Russel a lot these days. It also seems tat they are slowly starting help and respect each other.