ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
•STEREOTYPE
• AN OVERLY SIMPLE AND OFTEN INACCURATE BELIEF ABOUT A GROUP OF
PEOPLE
•STEREOTYPICAL
• IS AN ADJECTIVE THAT MIGHT BE USED TO DESCRIBE A CHARACTER
ELEMENTS OF NARRATIVE
•WRITERS USE THE NARRATIVE WRITING MODE FOR PERSONAL
NARRATIVE
• IN WHICH THE WRITER SHARES SOMETHING FROM HIS OR HER OWN
EXPERIENCE
•AS WELL AS PERSONAL NARRATIVE
• WHICH IS A MADE-UP STORY
COMMON NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
•CREATING A…
• SETTING
• SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
• POINT OF VIEW
• THEME
• CHARACTERS—(REAL OR IMAGINED—WHO POPULATE THE
NARRATIVE)
FROM FUNNY IN FARSI
• THIS TEXT IS A MEMOIR
• AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR
• IT IS ALSO AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT
• IN HER MEMOIR, DUMAS WRITES ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AS A
NEWCOMER TO THE UNITED STATES AND HOW SHE AND HER FAMILY
ADJUST TO A DIFFERENT CULTURE.
FROM FUNNY IN FARSI
• READ ABOUT THE AUTHOR ON PAGE 94
• AS YOU READ, ANNOTATE AND MAKE NOTES IN THE MY NOTES SPACE AS
YOU FIND IMPORTANT NARRATIVE ELEMENTS. WHAT NARRATIVE ELEMENTS
MAKE THIS MEMOIR A COMPELLING READ?
FROM FUNNY IN FARSI HANDOUT
•AFTER YOU HAVE READ…
•GO BACK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR HANDOUT FROM
THE READING
•FILL IN THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO RECORD SPECIFIC DETAILS FROM
THE TEXT FOR EACH OF THE NARRATIVE ELEMENTS.
•RESPOND TO THE WRITING PROMPT