Collections Grade 6 Guiding Questions
Collection 6
“Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie
Read the Chinese folk tale “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie.
Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question,
citing text evidence.
1. Lines 1–11: What is the setting of this story? How do you know?
2. Lines 1–11: Which two characters are introduced here? What similarities do these
characters have to two of the main characters in other versions of the Cinderella
story that you know?
3. Lines 12–20: What evidence of the conflict, or struggle, faced by Yeh-Shen is in
these lines?
4. Lines 12–20: What example of an unrealistic or fantastic element is in these lines?
5. Lines 54–57: What words and phrases in these lines foreshadow possible future
events?
6. Lines 71–76: What do these lines foreshadow? How does the foreshadowing help
to develop the plot?
7. Lines 94–97: Explain the foreshadowing in these lines. How does this scene affect
the plot?
8. Lines 103–110: Make an inference about why the spirit won’t speak now.
Remember to combine evidence in the text with your own experiences to make
the inference.
9. Lines 146–153: How are Yeh-Shen’s traits revealed through her actions? What
other traits have Yeh-Shen’s actions revealed about her?
10. Lines 157–177: Analyze and summarize how the climax of the story leads to the
conflict in Yeh-Shen being resolved.
Collections Grade 6 Guiding Questions
Collection 6
“Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie
Read the Chinese folk tale “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie.
Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question,
citing text evidence.
1. Lines 1–11: What is the setting of this story? How do you know?
2. Lines 1–11: Which two characters are introduced here? What similarities do these
characters have to two of the main characters in other versions of the Cinderella
story that you know?
3. Lines 12–20: What evidence of the conflict, or struggle, faced by Yeh-Shen is in
these lines?
4. Lines 12–20: What example of an unrealistic or fantastic element is in these lines?
5. Lines 54–57: What words and phrases in these lines foreshadow possible future
events?
6. Lines 71–76: What do these lines foreshadow? How does the foreshadowing help
to develop the plot?
7. Lines 94–97: Explain the foreshadowing in these lines. How does this scene affect
the plot?
8. Lines 103–110: Make an inference about why the spirit won’t speak now.
Remember to combine evidence in the text with your own experiences to make
the inference.
9. Lines 146–153: How are Yeh-Shen’s traits revealed through her actions? What
other traits have Yeh-Shen’s actions revealed about her?
10. Lines 157–177: Analyze and summarize how the climax of the story leads to the
conflict in Yeh-Shen being resolved.
Collections Grade 6 Guiding Questions
Collection 6
“Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie
Read the Chinese folk tale “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie.
Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question,
citing text evidence.
1. Lines 1–11: What is the setting of this story? How do you know?
2. Lines 1–11: Which two characters are introduced here? What similarities do these
characters have to two of the main characters in other versions of the Cinderella
story that you know?
3. Lines 12–20: What evidence of the conflict, or struggle, faced by Yeh-Shen is in
these lines?
4. Lines 12–20: What example of an unrealistic or fantastic element is in these lines?
5. Lines 54–57: What words and phrases in these lines foreshadow possible future
events?
6. Lines 71–76: What do these lines foreshadow? How does the foreshadowing help
to develop the plot?
7. Lines 94–97: Explain the foreshadowing in these lines. How does this scene affect
the plot?
8. Lines 103–110: Make an inference about why the spirit won’t speak now.
Remember to combine evidence in the text with your own experiences to make
the inference.
9. Lines 146–153: How are Yeh-Shen’s traits revealed through her actions? What
other traits have Yeh-Shen’s actions revealed about her?
10. Lines 157–177: Analyze and summarize how the climax of the story leads to the
conflict in Yeh-Shen being resolved.
Collections Grade 6 Guiding Questions
Collection 6
“Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie
Read the Chinese folk tale “Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China” by Ai-Ling Louie.
Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question,
citing text evidence.
1. Lines 1–11: What is the setting of this story? How do you know?
2. Lines 1–11: Which two characters are introduced here? What similarities do these
characters have to two of the main characters in other versions of the Cinderella
story that you know?
3. Lines 12–20: What evidence of the conflict, or struggle, faced by Yeh-Shen is in
these lines?
4. Lines 12–20: What example of an unrealistic or fantastic element is in these lines?
5. Lines 54–57: What words and phrases in these lines foreshadow possible future
events?
6. Lines 71–76: What do these lines foreshadow? How does the foreshadowing help
to develop the plot?
7. Lines 94–97: Explain the foreshadowing in these lines. How does this scene affect
the plot?
8. Lines 103–110: Make an inference about why the spirit won’t speak now.
Remember to combine evidence in the text with your own experiences to make
the inference.
9. Lines 146–153: How are Yeh-Shen’s traits revealed through her actions? What
other traits have Yeh-Shen’s actions revealed about her?
10. Lines 157–177: Analyze and summarize how the climax of the story leads to the
conflict in Yeh-Shen being resolved.