Kira Kira Terms and Allusions
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There are many vocabulary terms and allusions present in the novel Kira-Kira that would be helpful for students to preview. These will aid in overall comprehension of the book and an understanding of the time periods. This storyboard features key terms along with definitions and illustrations.
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- HATSU-YUME
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- KIRA-KIRA
- LABOR UNION
- (noun) "Hatsu-Yume” is Japanese for the first prophetic dream in the new year.
- (adj.) The Japanese word for "glittery, shiny".
- (noun) an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
- SODE BOSHI
- KIRA KIRA Vocabulary
- CHICKEN SEXER
- THUG
- "Make sure none of my workers get any crazy ideas about unionizing and asking for better conditions!"
- (noun) the “kimono sleeve in the sky” is the constellation also called Orion.
- (noun) A chicken sexer distinguishes the sex of chicks and other hatchlings. Chicken sexing is practiced mostly by large commercial hatcheries to separate female chicks or "pullets" from the males or "cockerels".
- MALE
- FEMALE
- (noun) Thug is a term for a violent person that intimidates others. In the story, the owners of the poultry plant hire thugs to intimidate workers into not organizing a union.
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