Matched is a dystopian book about a society in the future. Normally matches get to have a porttoport meeting at this point in the process, but since she and xander live next door to each other, this seems silly. The 180 multiple choice questions in this lesson plan will test a students recall and understanding of matched. It is the morning of the class talent show and our protagonist isnt one bit scared because i had practiced a billion times, as he repeatedly tells us. Matched, by ally condie, is the first novel in the matched trilogy. Cassias matched with her best friend xander at her match banquet. Nov 14, 2012 yesterday reached, the final installment of ally condies matched series, was released. Book match definition is to match the grains of a pair of sheets of veneer or plywood so that one sheet seems to be the mirror image of the other. He advises her to trust her own words, and gives a piece of paper hidden in a compact. Matched book king county library system bibliocommons. Being matched with one boy is common enough, but knowing who he is, let alone knowing the second boy too is completely unheard of.
Matched is a book that i have heard so many things about since it was released a couple of years ago so i have no idea why i only just got around to reading it. A boys picture flashes up on the matching screen, two boys flash up on the screen both saying that they will be cassia reyes match. Great for tweenteen book clubgreat discussion possibility. Ky is an aberration, due to an infraction his father committed, so he can never be matched. In cassias society, officials decide who people love. We finally find out who it isa guy named ky markham. And for boys, a nonstop thriller packed with uncertainty and risk. Its important for teachers to assess the skills and strategies a child uses as she reads to determine whether or not a child is ready to move on to the next level of just right texts. But, as cassia finds herself falling in love with another boy, she is determined to make. Matched was chosen as one of yalsas 2011 teens top ten and named as one of publishers weeklys best childrens books of 2010. Who were the two boys that showed up on the screen at her match banquet. Most of the time he seems like a two dimensional plot device instead of an. She had to make a choice that would change everything.
When cassias best friend is identified as her ideal marriage match it confirms her belief that society knows best, until she plugs in her match microchip and a different boy s face flashes on the screen. Ally condie is a former high school english teacher who lives with her husband and three sons outside of salt lake city, utah. The questions are broken out into sections, so they focus on specific chapters within matched. Matched invites comparisons to the giver and brave new world, and some science fiction fans may rightly complain that its derivative. Bookmatch definition of bookmatch by merriamwebster. When two boys appear as her match she is confused and reluctant, and. This book is a fan fiction of the matched trilogy by ally connie. Shes just turned seventeen and is off to her match banquet where she will learn the name of the boy she is going to marry. This book sucks can you guys tell me if it is good. Bookmatch definition is to match the grains of a pair of sheets of veneer or plywood so that one sheet seems to be the mirror image of the other. The main character is seventeenyearold cassia reyes, who is matched with her best friend, xander carrow. Matched seems to borrow a fair amount from lois lowrys classic novel the giver governmentassigned jobs, ritualistic euthanasia at a pre.
Being matched means that the society, chooses who she will marry. Matched chapters 1920 summary and analysis gradesaver. On her seventeenth birthday, cassia meets her match. The official tells her someone must have played a cruel joke. When is a child ready to move from one tc group to another. Sheet of paper with words on it that she would not understand till she was older. Nov 01, 2010 as the two discuss the longdistance thing, lara jeans widower father is making a major commitment. Matched book las vegasclark county library district. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life. The fact that society has problems becomes clear at the match banquet when cassia is matched with two boys by mistake, and learns that one of them is an aberration because his father broke a law. Reached launch party and signed matched book and dress. So they get a real datejust the two of them, some romance and an official as chaperone. A matched book is one way a financial institution can reduce its risk because a matched book does not add to its liabilities.
Xander is with lei in the mountains as they and other villiagers decided not to go to the other lands. Mysterious cassia chats with an official over the port. At the banquet, an extravagant spectacle with lavish food and drink, 17yearolds in attendance are to be matched with their life partners, most of whom are attending their own banquets in other cities. However, when viewing the information for her match, the picture. They are displayed to one another on a screen when they are matched. Its hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. Matched, the society officials have determined optimal outcomes for all aspects of daily life, thereby removing the burden of choice. When it is cassias turn, she is matched to xander, to her elation. It seems that crossed is the transition book between matched and reached whereby despite the society being in full control in matched cassia defies it, there are hints and evidence of an uprising in crossed and not much action, and i imagine that the society will fall to the revolution in reached. Matched is the first book of the matched trilogy, and it is an excellent. Where ill see, for the first time, the face of the boy who will be my match. The story tells how cassia is matched to a boy but falls for another and suddenly begins to.
Matched book the seattle public library bibliocommons. Oct 15, 2014 the book is supposed to be about a revolution, but its never entirely clear whether the characters are active participants in it. Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one, until she sees another face flash. The novel is a dystopian young adult novel about a tightlycontrolled society in which young people are matched with their life partners at the age of 17. The only reason im not kicking myself for waiting this long is that the third and final instalment to the series is just about to be published so im not going to have a long wait. The whirlwind of a wedding, college visits, prom, and the last few months of senior year provides an excellent backdrop for this final book about lara jean. If you have not read matched yet its a fantastic dystopian novel about a girl, cassia, who grows up in a society where every 17 year old is called to a banquet where you match, which is picked for you by the society, is revealed. Specifically its about stage fright, but more generally about selfconfidence, or the lack thereof. But then she sees this other boy, ky, and decides she likes him more than xander and breaks. But most teen readers will agree that author condie has crafted a fine addition to the genre. Lei and xander start their own relationship and love for a while until cassia and ky need help from them to reunite the society and save the society from the enemy. Use these questions for quizzes, homework assignments or tests.
She is matched with ky, a local boy whose status as an aberration should. Matched book gwinnett county public library bibliocommons. Matched book santa clara county library bibliocommons. The officials never make mistakes, yet somehow, shes been matched with two boys. And two boys booed by judith viorst is a whimsical story about a very real emotion. Based on what i knew of the two boys, i knew for certain which one i would have chosen. Cassia has never had cause to question society, that is until she realizes that shes been matched with two boys, xander and ky. Matched is the first book in an utterly compelling series by ally condie. Its more of a lovestory, but the author doesnt develop cassia into an interesting character, so its kindof hard to understand why these two boys are sooo in love with her. So when her best friend appears on the matching screen.
It follows ky and cassia as they escape the society into the carving, a barren canyon. When cassia looks at her microcard to get intel on xander, she sees a different facekys. Matched by ally condie vocabulary flashcards quizlet. All matches are done by the society, and since the society is perfect, so are the matches they make. When she is matched with her best friend xander, things couldnt be more perfect.
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