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Farewell to Manzanar Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James Houston. 7 th Grade Language Arts. Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20). Issei : Japanese immigrants to the U.S. Nisei : children of Japanese immigrants born in the United States
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Farewell to ManzanarJeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James Houston 7th Grade Language Arts
Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20) • Issei: Japanese immigrants to the U.S. • Nisei: children of Japanese immigrants born in the United States • Sansei: 3rd generation of Japanese ancestry born during or after World War II • internment (11): the act of confining someone into a prison or camp • cubicle (17): a small space or compartment within a larger room
Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-20) • canneries (3): factories where foods are canned • saboteur (5): a person who tries to purposely cause destruction or problems • migrant (8): a person who moves from place to place to get work • patriarch (11): the male leader of a family • hostility (12): unfriendliness or opposition against a person or group
Chapters 4-6 (pp.21-45) • tangible (29): able to be touched • reservoir (29): an area used to collect and store large amounts of water • astounded (31): amazed • firebreaks (33): a strip of land cleared to prevent the spread of a fire • flourish (36): dramatic words or actions
Chapters 4-6 (pp. 21-45) • desolate (25): barren; without life • barracks (27): a group of building for housing large groups of soldiers/people • shrine (32): a place or building considered holy • industrial (37): having the ability to mass- produce items in a factory • magistrate (37): a judge
Chapters 7-11 (pp. 46-70) • inu(51): an insult meaning “dog” • deliberately (51): done on purpose • lynch mob (57): a group of people who want to physically kill (hang) a person without a trial • renounce (57): to give back or give up • repatriation (67): to send a person back to his/her own country
Chapters 7-11 (pp. 46-70) • informers (51): people who give information to authorities; by some called “snitches” • ghastly (54): shockingly frightful or dreadful • festered (56): spread like a disease; infected • black market (56): selling items in an illegal way • samisen (69): a Japanese three-stringed guitar-like instrument
Chapters 12-14 (pp. 73-93) • Manzanar (73): apple orchard (Span.) • despair (77): the loss of hope • stark (79): harsh; desolate • coax (85): to persuade • martyr (87): a person who would die rather than give up his/her beliefs
Chapters 12-14 (pp. 73-93) • resentment (76): feeling insulted or angry because of an action or remark of another • sustenance (75): anything that helps sustain life • oriental (77): Asian (or eastern) • Obon (84): Japanese festival honoring dead ancestors • relentless (90): not giving up; not ending
Chapters 15-17 (pp.94-109) • concealed (96): hidden • curfew (97): a set, enforced time when people are to be indoors at home • bias (97): favoring one group or idea over another; prejudice • propaganda (98): information or ideas presented in order to help or harm the reputation of another group or country • ominous (99): threatening; the sense that something bad will happen
Chapters 15-17 (pp.94-109) • Tule Lake (95): one of the other nine (“too-lee”) internment camps where the potential “trouble-makers” were sent • taut (103): tightly pulled or stretched • assimilate (99): to take on the customs of others • cringe (100): to shrink or draw back in fear • Quonset hut (105): a semi-circular shaped, metal building used as army barracks or for storage
Chapters 18-20 (pp. 110-130) • bleak (118): cold, piercing, depressing • benevolent (122): kind; desiring to help others • guileless (123): honest; sincere • intangible (126): unable to be touched • aristocrat (130): a noble; a person who is considered the most elegant or stylish
Chapters 18-20 (pp. 110-130) • buoyed (114): floated; kept afloat • Okie (117): a person from Oklahoma who migrated to another state looking for work • indefinitely (117): without knowing the ending time • yearned (123): strongly desired • acquiescence (123): a lack of objecting or disagreement; to give in to
Chapters 21-22 (pp. 131-156) • assented (132): agreed or concurred • malice (133): the desire to harm or cause suffering to others • ultimatum (138): a demand or threat that, if ignored, will result in the cutting off of relations or use of force • pilgrimage (151): a journey made to a special place for a spiritual reason • deterred (156): prevented; stopped
Chapters 21-22 (pp. 131-156) • thwart (133): to prevent from accomplishing a goal • coronation (138): the ceremony of crowning of a person • defiance (152): a bold resistance to authority • laden (155): loaded down; burdened • coma (156): a long time when a person is unconscious