Maya gets to go to the dance, her brother Nurzhan as her chaperone and she has the best time of her life, all thanks to her favorite chaperone. Maya is an 8th grade girl from Kazakhstan who moved to America because things were getting rough. Why does she give a bad translation to her father 4. What is the main conflict of the story 2. Maya's little brother get's their parents to sign the permission slip for the Spring Fling dance, only if Nurzhan is Maya's chaperone. Literature Test Study Guide: My Favorite Chaperone, Golden Glass, and Parts of the Plot Plot Please refer to attached diagram. Maya's mom gets injured at work, so Maya decides to do all her jobs for her because she feel's bad. A couple days later Maya is found by her dad in the arms of an "American boy" and she gets in trouble. After the meeting, Maya's father is very mad. The falling action is when Maya gets carried by boys from her school when her dad shows up. Maya is mad at her brother, because now she has to miss gymnastics practice because she has to go and attend a meeting to translate for her father. Though she finds out that her little brother Nurzhan got into a fight at school with his bully (Ossie Nishizono) because of the way he pronounces things. Maya gets called down to the office for something, and she doesn't know what for. So "normal" things in America like going to a school dance, are things they wouldn't normally do in Kazakhstan. Maya goes to the dance and hangs out with all. Maya's mother gives her a gold bracelet and expresses that she is starting to understand US Customs. it works and Maya is able to go but under one condition, Nurzhan will chaperone Maya. Her parents are really strict, and they don't know the customs of the American way of living. Nurzhan finds maya's dance permission slip and trys to persuade their parents into letting maya go. Maya gets in trouble for toying with Daniel. CC.8.R.L.1 I will be able to cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. She doesn't think her parents are going to allow her to go. Terms in this set (9) Maya receives a permission slip in class for the Spring Fling.
Maya has gymnastics that she loves to do, one of her American friends also does gymnastics with her. The language that is spoken, as well as the various holidays and traditions that Americans entertain themselves with, aren’t what. She doesn't think her parents are going to allow her to go. Immigrants that are new to the American society are often so used to their own culture that it is difficult for them to accept and adapt to the American culture. They had sponsored them to come to America. Her aunt moved to America before them, with a man she found through a magazine. Maya and Daniel dance at the party.(lines 773 - 792 and lines 810 - 820)Īs they lay in bed, Maya thanks Nurzhan for chaperoning her and says that he is her favorite chaperone.Maya is an 8th grade girl from Kazakhstan who moved to America because things were getting rough. Nurzhan gets their parents' permission to go to the dance on one exeption, Nurzhan is her chaperone. Her mother hurt her foot, so Maya had to take over chores for her.(lines 431 - 499 and lines 618 - 690)
Maya was caught messing around with a boy at school.3. The main character is a girl from Kazakhstan, Maya, who has a crush on a boy named Daniel Klein. The falling action of the story is when Mayas mom gives her a bracelet that her mom wore to a dance when she was sixteen and now she was giving it to Maya to. The story takes place in a school that is hosting a spring dance. ¨My favorite Chaperone¨ is about a girl from Kazakhstan who wants to go to a dance at her school.
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