1. What to learn

2.  You should have read the story and
remembered
 -the events
 -the characters
 -how Meimi became successful at chess

3.  You should understand the the deeper meaning of
the following themes in the story and be able to a)
discuss them and b) give examples from the story
- The game of chess in the story (why is it significant,
what is it a metaphor for? Why did the writer choose
to write about chess?)
- - Meimi as a character between two worlds- which
worlds? Explain how she belongs to both worlds and
the conflict between them.
- -The relationship between Meimi and her mother: is
it positive, negative, why? Explain your answer with
examples from the story.

4.  The HOTS skills we used for ‘Rules of the
Game are
 Comparing and contrasting
 Explaining Cause and effect
 If you want to learn more about HOTS then go
this presentation

5.  You will be given a short text which is
connected to certain themes in the story you
must show that you understand that
connection by making connections and
illustrating them with examples from the text
 Example, if the text talks about the
challenges of chinese immigrant families we
can answer as follows: ‘From this text I see
that the lives of Chinese immigrants was
(difficult/challenging etc) . This is also shown
in the story when we see how Meimi lives in a
small apartment above a bakery and we don’t
see her father because he works long hours.’

6.  Make sure that you have completed the log
and you didn’t simply copy it – if you copied
it you will not be able to answer the
questions!
 Go to my explanations that I have recorded
 You can listen to the recording of the text to
review it.
Good
luck!