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1. State your opinion.
2. Quote evidence from the text.
3. Explain what this evidence shows.
4. Link back to your opinion.

Remember to number your points according to the bullet points above.

Pick 2-3 points to respond to the text.

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I think that this story is well written and bittersweet as the evidence from the story shows Sopeap's close relationship with her grandmother and shows the deep love she had for her grandmother and the classical cambodian dance.That is why I felt the story is bittersweet even when I've knew that Sopeap's grandmother had pass away.

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The story almost had a complete ending but had a good climax
The story ended with 'Soapeap took a deep breath and sat down on the armchair.' This sentence leaves people on a cliffhanger.
The sitting down on the armchair makes people wanting more as it feels unresolved.

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When the story begun, I noticed the story began with no prior context as it immediately said that Sopeap received a letter informing her that her grandmother will not be visiting them in New York or any other time. 'Not now,not ever. Never' this sentence is very vague as it does not tell the full story of what had happened to the grandma and why she will not be visiting

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1)The start of the story was not elaborated properly, which made the story really boring, and the story has barely anything related to the green arm chair except for the part where Sopeap was angry and jealous.
2)'Even before Sopeap saw the neat lines of Khmer script on the return address, she knew what it was: a letter from Cambodia.'
3)This evidence did not really tell us why Sopeap received a letter, and more than half of the story was just about Sopeap thinking about what her grandmother taught her , and only one paragraph was designated to writing about the green armchair.
4)Thus, I feel that the story was really boring , and was not elaborated enough.

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the story was well writtern as the way they described the dance was detailed and interesting like how they described the hand gestures and how sopeap danced to the song.
The conflict of the story was emotional as they described how sopeap ´ s grandmother died.
it shows that sopeap´s grandmother ´ s death was difficult to sopeap as she could not accept the fact that she died.

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I feel that the story is a well written story that shows us the struggles and emotions felt when our loved one passes on and how to deal with their grief and find ways to appreciate the moments when they were still with us and cherish such moments.
the text shows sopeap learning how to deal with the loss of her grandma and learning how to eventually handle the grief and her passing with the help of her friend Tom. Sopeap goes from blaming herself and feeling bitter and guilty of her grandmother's passing to accepting her death as a way for her to cultivate her tradition and culture as a way to remember her grandma after her passing. the evidence shows how sopeap gradually accepted her passing and find ways to keep her grandma's memory as a way of saying goodbye and accepting her death. The story shows us the emotions felt when we feel the loss of a loved one and how some people find ways to appreciate the moments shared.

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We think that the plot is well-developed overall, it's also very heart-warming, wholesome, touching and bittersweet. The evidence from the text is line 21 "I know I'm not good for you, she told her grandmother. But I will practise, really I will." this shows that she really cares about her grandma, even if she has passed away.

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the story was good as when she danced for her grandma it was really intreasting
as it builds climax

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How the story began: Descriptive weather, not very engaging

How the conflict was established: Tom said that Sopeap's grandmother was somehow still there

How the story ended: Sopeap danced, plain and boring, not well elaborated (cliffhanger) but also touching as Sopeap wanted to learn traditional Cambodian Dance.

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The plot was indeed well written and quite intriguing, it did not bore any of us. There was appropriate and good sound effects used in the story too.

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I feel that Tom's point of view could have been explored more. Tom is supposedly Sopeap's close friend and closest confidant. The writer could have explored more about how Tom felt towards Sopeap's grieving over her grandma. Like did he feel sorry for Sopeap? Did he pity her? This is why I feel that the writer could have explored more about Tom's point of view

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The points of view that the writer wrote were mostly explored except for the grandmother.
The grandmother already passed away by
the time the story happened.
The writer could have added the grandmother's view through the use of flashbacks.

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the writer did not show Tom ´ s point of view and emotions. The writer also did not introduce who tom was to sopeap and the writer only focused on sopeap´s point of view. The writer also did not explain anything about sopeap ´ s parents and tom ´ s parents. some people may ask different questions due to the focus of sopeap.
how old was sopeap?
whats tom and sopeap relationship?

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The writer of the Green armchair did not mention much about Tom's family's background. In the story, there is a very vague explanation of Tom's family where it only mostly explains about Tom's family generations. There is no other mention of Tom's family background which makes it unclear to readers how Tom feels

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it is good as it was labroated and it gave intresting characters and tom was a good friend of sopeap because he helped her when her grandma died

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In my opinion, Minfong Ho should have given Tom more information and a backstory

Grandmother should also have an explanation of why the things happened

Maybe also how did Sopeap meet Tom and what is their relationship/story

Why did Grandmother die?

What is the story of the Green Armchair?

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grandma and tom's chatacteres were not fully explained or shown. most of the characters were only briefly spoken about without any elaboration.
as she sense the grandma behind her which only show her presents but not about her past amd why sopeap cared about her grandmother so much

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i feel that the writer should have developed more on tom's character and relationships and bonds he shares with sopeap. i also feel that the grandma's character or a backstory shouldve been introduced and developed further as a way for the reader to develop sympathy and feel bad for sopeaps current situation and further help us understand with how she dealt with the loss.
tom's character was briefly introduced to show sopeap the importance of his grandma's teachings to her and how even after her passing, her grandmother's teaching has been passed on to sopeap as remembrance. tom's character wasnt that signifcant throughout the story except for that one moment that allowed sopeap to develop her character and learn to deal with the loss of her grandma.

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in the text, the point of view given from tom is ambiguous and bland as it did not give much information on tom and his background. in the text, it can be inferred that he is sopeap's close friend but there is too little information and background context. therefore i feel that the point of view is ambiguous and bland.

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1. point of view is not written clearly
2. " he had remembered it, fro that afternoon when she had told him about her grandmother and how she had taught sopeap to dance"
3)Most of the parts are just tom giving his opinion to sopeap and nothing of toms backstory was given. we do not know what is tons reationship with sopeap and why he care so much about her.
4)Thus , I feel that Tom's point of view was not elaborated enough.

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The writer potrayed sopeap as sad as she is trying to cope with her grandmother's death by trying to dance.I do not like this portrayal as it is very generic and predictable.
The writer portrayed Tom as very caring. I think the writer wanted us to think that Tom is Sopeap's best friend. I like this portrayal because I like caring people in a story

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I think the writer did not fully portray Tom's character as he is one of the main characters in this story, and it was abit boring in this story because it seems Tom's character is just there to comfort Sopeap. The writer could have elaborated more on Tom's personality and his bond with Sopeap.

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the writer did a good job of protraying sopeap's friends and relatives by making them relavent to the story by making tom a good friend and the grandma dying makes her get into dancing again

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Tom: A side character that supports Sopeap and gives her advice.

Sopeap: All the emphasis is on her and she is very worried about grandma's death.

Grandmother: 💀 Dead and likes dancing a lot, no description other than dead.

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the writer's portrayal of sopeap's grandma felt only as a way to help build sopeap's character and felt unfinished especially after the events of the story. i feel that the writer shouldve introduced a backstory for sopeap and her grandmother and show the bonds and relationships they share to help build the readers empathy after reading her passing and sympathise with sopeap's circumstances.
sopeap's grandmother role in the story was to help sopeap develop her character and learn how to deal with her passing and embrace it.
the evidence shows that the grandmother's role in the story was only integral to sopeap's growth as a character and felt one dimensional and stale as a character.
a backstory would have helped the reader with sympathising and grow a bond with the grandmother to help with the enjoyment the reader feels when reading the story.

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I feel like the writers portrayal of Tom were not expanded on.
The only things that we know of Tom is their relationship with Sopeap and his green armchair that was owned by his family.
One thing that expands my opinion is that Tom touched Sopeap's hand while doing the Kbach Sung Luc.

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1)I think the writer managed to portray Sopeap's character nicely.
2)' I know I'm not good enough for you , she told her grandmother '
3)This shows that Sopeap is a very emotional person , and loves her grandmother very much.
4)Thus, I think the writer portrayed Sopeap's character nicely.

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They showed how Sopeap developed as a person very well, and tried to show that Sopeap's Grandmother was a very stern woman, but they didn't really give an explanation. They also didn't really dig deeper with Tom's personality, as they only showed him reminding Sopeap of the Cambodian hand gesture.

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I like how the writer portray Sopeap as she shows her grieving over her grandmother's passing.
Sopeap ...I just ... I'm sorry..."It was tom, hovering nearby. "I mean, in a way, she isn't really gone. They're still there ... some how.
After Tom said that, Sopeap was bitter about his words as she felt that Tom did not understand what she felt.

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I think that the writer's use of language was very good.
'Her grandmother would not be visiting them in New York, not this spring or summer. Or any other time. Not now, not ever. Never.' This part emphasised Sopeap's grandmother not coming to visit her which can cause readers to wonder what had happened to Sopeap's grandmother and have the readers to want to continue reading to find out what happened.
Also, the part 'Impulsively, she turned around, wanting to see her grandmother's radient smile.' shows that Sopeap misses her grandmother dearly and the readers can know how close Sopeap and her grandmother was.
That is why I feel that the writer's use of language was very good

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The use of vivid languages was good as they added sound effects to make the reader think about the situation. From Paragraph 20,  she could almost feel the firm pressure of her grandmother's hands against her shoulder blades, spreading them back. This makes the text better.

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I think the theme of this text is about relationship with our love ones. I did find the key message " Although your love ones might already pass away but they can still be in our heart" meaningful and interesting as it helps us to know the close relationship between we and our love ones and what was the correct angle to look at the big and small partings in our life.

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I feel like the use of vivid language/sound is good.
Some examples like "She did not dare look, for fear that this tenuous sense of her grandmother would vanish." which shows her heavy feeling towards the grandmothers passing or the sound effect of snow falling puts a vivid image in your head of snowing.

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I think that the writer could have used more vivid language to tell us how the character's in the story felt. In the story, there is a lack of vivid language used which does not tell the readers how the character felt exactly. The story for example when Tom did the Kbach Sung Luc with Sopeap, her thoughts that was said did not fully explain how she really felt

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Vivid language/sound appeared in the story when there were sound effects of snow or sentences describing the winter weather.
Overall very vivid as I feel like I am in the story.

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We feel that the writer used a very wide vocabulary when it comes to comparisons, and especially when it comes to the writer's grandma. For example, in paragraph 18 the writer wrote" And so, without allowing herself to think much about it, Sopeap started to dance for her grandma. at first, awkwardly and then with more grace.

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I think the choice of words and sound effects used were vivid and clear. As the writer used how the snow and the wind blows gives the reader a very clear settings of where the event takes place.

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The writer added sound effects to make the reader feel like they are in the situation and not make it boring. The writer choice of words were also clear and descriptive and easy for the readers to understand.

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1) The writer did not really use alot of vivid language.
2)" Like software," Sopeap murmured. Tom let go of her hand. " Even better," he said, " It's shareware." and And so, without allowing herself to think too much about it, Sopeap started to dance for her grandmother.
3)Half of the text has dialogues , and the other half is just Sopeap dancing for her grandmother, and the way she dances, which is not really a very good use of vivid language as the writer only wrote about how elegant she was dancing , and not how she was dancing.
4) Thus, I feel that the writer did not really use vivid language.

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this text teaches us on how to cope with a loved one's death by doing something the loved one likes to remember them by. I find it meaningful because by the end of the story, Sopeap finally learn to cope the death of her grandma and also tells us on the process of coping

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key msg is to spend more time with your loved ones and the theme isnt relevant to the green arm chair but it is more relayed to relagtionships

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The key message of the text is to appreciate your loved ones before you will never see them again. As you will never know when you will never see them again.

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I think the theme message is to treasure people when they around as we never know when they will leave.

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i find the key message meaningful which is to   spend more time with our elders as they dont have much time left if not we would regret it in the future.

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I think that the key message is to never let go of your culture and traditions and i feel it is meaningful.

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I find the key message really meaningful as it teaches me to cherish what I have right now instead of caring/doing something after something is gone.

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the key message is to love and treature your grandmother and also perseverance is the key to success

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I find the key message meaningful as it tells me that we may lose our love ones, but we can cope with it by doing something we love.
It also tells me to appreciate what we have now, so we won't regret it once they are gone.

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The theme of this text is about life as a person who has gone through alot as a child and every step sopeap took to persevere through hard times. Teaching us to treasure our loved ones at the same time. Yes, I find it meaningful because we have to learn how to treasure our lives.

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The theme is 'Relationships and Disputes'
The key message is meaningful as it shows us what relationships are about.

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I think the text theme is about culture and to love your family members which is very meaningful as it tells us the consequences that might happen if we do not

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the theme of his text was not very obvious but very meaningful as it meant to remember your loved ones even when they have passed on and many people could relate to this feeling.

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. I find the key message meaningful as it is telling us to spend more time with our loved ones before it is too late

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the key message is to not forget our culture and tradition

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This text tells me that we should treasure the time we have with our loved ones and that even if your loved one has passed, the things they taught us will still be with us along with the memory of them, so in a way, the person that passed will still by alive in our memories.

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i feel that the theme is about the bond between families. in the story, the main plot of the text is about how sopeap misses her grandmother and felt guilty. and the text portrays the story in a way that it brings the readers into the story and feels like it is happening before their eyes. furthermore, the theme matches with the story on the text .so therefore the theme was well created

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I think the theme of the text is not about the armchair, but about traditions and also relationships with our grandparents.

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The theme of this text is to cherish your loved ones, else, soon enough, they will be gone before you know it, and you can no longer savour moments. I believe this message is meaningful, as it is very true to real life, and is a frequent occurence in one's life.

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The theme of this text is about remembering someone that you have lost. The key message is meaningful as the text also convey about Cambodian's dance culture that Sopeap's grandmother has taught her.

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i think the theme of the text is relationships, culture and traditions. the key message is spend more time with your loved ones or you might regret it. i find it meaningful because your loved ones especially ur grandmother will not be there forever so go spend more time with her

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the theme of the text is sopeap mourning her grandmother's loss.
i find the key message meaningful as i think that the key message is to not take the people around you for granted and properly cherish the things passed down or given to you by your loved ones.
if you take them for granted and do not be grateful and cherish the things given or passed down to you, you will end up like sopeap and be very sad and regret it.

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The theme of this text is about family retionships . spend more time with your family members before its to late

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it is meaning ful cause her grandmother die and sopeap misses her and is willing to do the dance again and again to make her grandma proudddddd

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i think the key message was that we youngsters should leaarn more about tradition and culture.as now a days tradition is being forgotten.I think the message was very meaningful it portrayals how to world is developing and we are all getting addicted to our gadgets. We should take a brreak from that and learn about our tradition and culture

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to spend more time with our family and relatives and dont waste the little opportunities to hang out with loved ones

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I feel that the theme is about the bond between families. I find the key message useful as it tells us to bond between our families when we can.

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the text shows us how to treasure and cope with the loss of our loved ones