The Name Jar Worksheets

by Yangsook Choi

Reading Level N · Lexile AD590L · ATOS 3.1

Unhei has just moved from Korea, and when the kids on the school bus make fun of her name, she tells her new class she will choose a name by next week. That evening she tries out Amanda and Laura in the bathroom mirror, and the next day her classmates start filling a glass jar with names for her, while her new friend Joey admires the wooden name stamp her grandmother gave her. A warm back-to-school story about names, belonging and new friends.

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The Name Jar vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include nervous, blush, curious, pronounce, familiar, signature, gleamed, suggested, concern, applauded, embarrassed, souvenir.

Sample questions

What does Unhei tell the class when they ask her name?
How does Unhei feel when she tries out American names at the mirror?
What does Unhei find on her desk the next morning?

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