November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American Born
Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Culture
Freewrite Friday
10 minutes to write whatever comes to
mind…about the week, upcoming
weekend…things you think about…
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
If you want me to read and respond, leave
on my desk.
You DO NOT HAVE TO WRITE
Other options:
Read ABC
Get notebook set
Finish class poster
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
NOT SLEEP. NOT HANG OUT.
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Check red
items
UPCOMING- EVEN DAY
THIS WEEK
11/16
Group work
11/18
New Novel assigned
2nd ½ A3K
NEXT WEEK
11/24
Book work
2nd ½ A3K
HW: /Read thru 87/107
11/20
Freewrite Friday
Book work
HW: finish the book
CULTURE PROJECT
STARTS AFTER
BREAK
(5 classes)
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
UPCOMING- ODD DAY
THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK
11/17
Group Work
11/19
Book Assigned
Achieve 3K 2nd ½
HW: Read to p
Note: next week is
short-THANKSGIVING
11/23
Book talk
Achieve 3K 2nd ½
HW: finish the book
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Culture
What makes it?
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
Be watching to see when you got interested.
What made you “connect”?
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNF_P281Uu4
https://vimeo.com/1211060
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
Culture
What makes it?
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American Born
Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Vocabulary
Culture(n.) shared beliefs and values of
group: the beliefs, customs, practices, and
social behavior of a particular nation or
people.
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Norm(n.) a widespread or usual practice,
procedure, or custom. ex: bellwork
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
Values- a set of beliefs—opinions about
what is important. ex: honesty, loyalty
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
Trait(n.) a distinguishing characteristic or
quality. ex: hard worker
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
Culture
Norms/ Values/ Traits
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
CULTURE
What is this?
Look past the surface impression…
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Which are in ABC?
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
CULTURE
Myth: story told to explain the
unexplainable ex: why there is lightening
Folktale: any belief or story passed on,
especially one considered to be false or
based on superstition
Fable: moral to the story—usually tell to
children tell them what not to do
Parable: religious story, makes point
Legend: story based upon fact, has been
distorted over time
Fairytale: made up story
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
CULTURE
You
need
to
write
these
ELEMENTS OF THE ICE
Author: who wrote the book?
Published: when was it printed?
Genre: fiction/non fiction?
MODE: LITERARY/IMFORMATIVE
Type: Movie? Article? Song?
“Story”
Book
“Article”
Where printed
“Song”
Album
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American Born
Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
CULTURE
Literary Devices
Author Intends
Foreshadowing (v.): when the author
gives a hint of what is to come
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
Flashback (v.): when the author goes
back in time to reveal a part of the
story.
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
CULTURE
Story flow
CULTURE
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Each of the
Agenda (2 minutes)
stories—how does
Yang
introduce you
Skill
(20 minutes)
to the
Notetaking
(20) text?
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
PLOT
AUTHOR INTENDS
EXPOSITION
Setting: where a story takes place
Tone: how the author “acts”—attitude or
feeling
Mood: the atmosphere created by the
author
American Born Chinese
By
Gene Luen Yang
CULTURE
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand
structure of American
Born Chinese
HOMEWORK
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)
1. American Born Chinese: Be done
November 20-21, 2015
SWBAT: Understand structure
of American Born Chinese
RELATIONSHIPS
Write on a piece of scratch paper
Name/Block/Date
Bellwork (10 minutes)
Freewrite
Agenda (2 minutes)
What is one stereotype about
teenagers you wish to dispel?
Skill (20 minutes)
Notetaking (20)
Workshop (40 minutes)
Culture discussion
ABC discussion
j
What type of sentence is this?
READ
Peace/Out (2 minutes)