Lesson 30: Starry River of the Sky

Find one word from the text that you can’t understand. Write the word. Use context clues to guess the meaning and write your guess down. Check the definition in a dictionary. Put a check next to the definition if you are correct. Fix the definition if you need to add more or change it. Reread the sentence from the book that has the word in it. Write the word in a new sentence.

Choose one character statement from the list and explain how this statement foreshadowed an important event(s) later in the book. Use at least two pieces of evidence from the text to support your response. You may use evidence from any part of the text.

• Rendi: “Watch out for the Noxious Animals!” (Chapter 2)

• Peiyi: “Everyone leaves.” (Chapter 4)

• Mei Lan: “I will not get married without it.” (Chapter 6)

• Madame Chang: “Too hot for fur?” (Chapter 9)

• Madame Chang: “The duke believed that if a listener truly understands, he can hear what others cannot. You must understand in a way none of us do.” (Chapter 14)

• Mr. Shan: “It’s not in this water. It’s in a different water.” (Chapter 16)

• Peiyi: “Superstitious guests always want rooms in the middle.” (Chapter 20)

• Mr. Shan: “The blood that pumps in you can be of man or tiger. The heart decides.” (Chapter 22)

• Mr. Shan: “I had forgotten I had lost it until she reminded me. I have to find it.” (Chapter 23)

• Jiming: “It’s like trying to lift a mountain.” (Chapter 36)

• Madame Chang: “I will never leave. Every night of your life, I will be there for you.” (Chapter 38)

• Madame Chang: “Only a mountain can hold up the moon.” (Chapter 39)

• Madame Chang: “Everything will return. Tomorrow at this time. Do not forget.” (Chapter 39)