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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 41))
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is for students to analyze Wang's descriptions of Joan's feelings towards and relationship with the Chinese language in Part I. In Part I, Joan speaks to her mother, who lives in China, on the phone at work when her mother gives her the news that her father has died. Joan's co-workers hear her speaking Chinese and several of them ask her about it, emphasizing that they were not aware she could speak that language. Joan reflects that she never highlights this fact about herself, possibly because as a child, she was often made fun of for speaking Chinese. For Joan, speaking Chinese is both an important link to her family and a past source of humiliation.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When do Joan's co-workers first realize she speaks Chinese? Why did Joan go to some lengths to avoid speaking Chinese in...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.9, 11-12.9
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