Exploring Identity: American Born Chinese

Lesson 11
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ELA

Unit 5

7th Grade

Lesson 11 of 22

Objective


Craft objective summaries of specific sections of text in the final chapter of American Born Chinese.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang  pp. 201 – 233

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Summarize the events on pages 224 through 233 in three to four sentences.

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Key Questions


Close Read Questions

  • Summarize the events on pages 201 through 212 in three to four sentences.

  • Summarize the events on pages 213 through 223 in five to six sentences.

Discussion Questions

  • What are your responses to the way that the text ended? Is this a satisfying ending?

Vocabulary


Text-based

pinnacle

n.

(p. 218)

the highest point of achievement

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.7.2 — Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

Supporting Standards

L.7.6
RL.7.1
RL.7.10
SL.7.1
SL.7.6
W.7.1
W.7.1.a
W.7.1.b
W.7.4
W.7.9
W.7.9.a
W.7.10
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