How do cultural experiences
shape, impact, or influence our
identity and perceptions?
Unit 1, EA 2
Two Kinds & Hapa
LT & Agenda
▪ Learning Target: As a
litterateur, I can:
▪ Analyze how two characters
interact and develop over the
course of “Two Kinds”
▪ Explain how Tan uses conflict
to develop theme in “Two
Kinds”
▪ Agenda:
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LT/Agenda
SB Reflection/Questions
Theme Statement 21
Theme Statement Development
Writing – to what extend does
culture inform the way Ni Kan
and Kristen Lee view the world?
Entering the Classroom
▪ Please take out your learning record notebook, your Springboard
guidebook, your planner, and a writing utensil.
▪ Please put away any electronic devices.
▪ Write down tonight’s homework in your planner.
In your learning record notebook…
1) Record today’s date and the
learning targets – As a
litterateur, I can…
▪ Analyze how two characters
interact and develop over the
course of “Two Kinds”
▪ Explain how Tan uses conflict to
develop theme in “Two Kinds”
2) Write down tonight’s homework
in your planner:
▪ Lessons 1.10
▪ Most important: “Where Worlds
Collide”
3) And answer today’s energizer
questions:
a) What one word would you use to
describe your heritage?
b) When did a parent or adult in your
life expect you to do something you
were not going to do?
Theme Development
▪ Split a piece of notebook paper with your table partner.
▪ On this half-sheet and without putting your name on it,
write a thematic statement about Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds.”
Remember, thematic statement =
thematic topic + what you think the author is saying about that
topic.
▪ When you’re finished, trade thematic statements twice
with people not in your row.
Theme Development, Part Two
▪ Evaluate the thematic statement you now hold in your hands:
▪ Is it one sentence?
▪ Does it have a thematic topic from the “Big Ideas” chart
that’s appropriate for “Two Kinds?”
▪ Is it a complex thought?
▪ Does it use a formal voice?
▪ Can you imagine evidence and elaboration to support it?
▪ With your partner, give the thematic statements a score that
adds up to 7. High = better and low = worse (One thematic
statement might get a 5, the other a 2… or a 6 and a 1… etc)
Theme Development, Part Three
▪ Evaluate the thematic statements you now hold in your
hands:
▪ Is it one sentence?
▪ Does it have a thematic topic from the “Big Ideas” chart
that’s appropriate for “Two Kinds?”
▪ Is it a complex thought?
▪ Does it use a formal voice?
▪ Can you imagine evidence and elaboration to support it?
▪ With your partner, give the themes a score that adds up
to 7. High = better and low = worse (One theme might
get a 5, the other a 2… or a 6 and a 1… etc)
Theme Development, Last Part
▪ Evaluate the thematic statements you now hold in your
hands:
▪ Is it one sentence?
▪ Does it have a thematic topic from the “Big Ideas” chart that’s
appropriate for “Two Kinds?”
▪ Is it a complex thought?
▪ Does it use a formal voice?
▪ Can you imagine evidence and elaboration to support it?
▪ With your partner, give the themes a score that adds up to
7. High = better and low = worse (One theme might get a 5,
the other a 2… or a 6 and a 1… etc)
Theme Statement Development
▪ Work with your group of 4 to write a quality thematic
statement that you could use for the following prompt:
How does Tan use the central conflict between mother and
daughter to develop a theme in “Two Kinds?”
▪ Remember, it should be one sentence, including a thematic
topic and an opinion about Tan’s message, a complex
thought, and formally stated.
Writing Practice – Round 1
Writing Practice 1: Writing – How does Tan use the central conflict
between mother and daughter to develop a theme in “Two Kinds?”
 In a well-composed paragraph,
please respond to the above
prompt. Using an academic voice
and quotes, focus your paragraph
on how culture both creates
conflict and affects’ Ni Kan’s view
of the world and what Tan is
saying about culture with her
story (#MWW)
▪ Please write this on a piece of lined
notebook paper you can turn in.
▪ This is practice – I will not be grading
it greatly for skill. Deep breath.
▪ Please put a star at the top of the
paper if you are comfortable with me
showing this piece of writing to my
Pre-AP classes for us to analyze and
discuss its strengths and
weaknesses.
Two Minute Countdown
▪ Pass in (toward the aisle) today’s writing practice.
▪ Make sure your planner is filled out (HW: Lesson 1.10;
Priorities: “Where Worlds Collide” reading and T2Ts)
▪ Put away any work from today and your materials in your
binder. Organize your things and put them away.
▪ Thank someone for their help, kindness, or give them a
sincere compliment if they did something awesome today.
▪ Please stay in/near your seat until I dismiss you.