Part I ("The Church of Abundant Life" - "First Language," Pages 1 - 56)
• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Choi, Yoon. Skinship. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2021.
• This book was written in a mix of past and present tenses and from the third and first person perspectives. Tense and perspective will be noted at the start of each story.
• The first story, "The Church of Abundant Life," is written in the present tense and from the third person perspective.
• Soo is a Korean-American woman who has lived in America for many years. Her husband is Jae, and they own a small shop together in the Philadelphia area that they have run for decades.
• Jae follows the Korean news in a Korean-language newspaper, and he points out to Soo that an old friend and acquaintance of theirs, Ki-tae, is going to be leading...
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