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Lesson 6
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ELA

Unit 6

11th Grade

Lesson 6 of 30

Objective


Analyze the impact of the setting on the plot of the novel.

Continue to identify the author’s characterization of Manna and Lin.

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

The main purpose of the first two paragraphs is to 

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The juxtaposition of Lin’s roommates with Lin mainly serves to 

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Writing Prompt

Describe how the beginnings of the Cultural Revolution impact Manna and Lin. Use evidence from the text and the video to support your answer.

Key Questions


  • What do we learn about Lin in the first two paragraphs of the chapter?
  • How does Lin’s response to Manna’s situation and the descriptions of Lin’s room on p. 32 help to further characterize Lin?
  • What does the juxtaposition of Lin and his roommates on pp. 32–35 emphasize about Lin?
  • Why do people borrow books from Lin instead of the library? What is the Red Guard and what have they done? Why is this significant?
  • Describe Lin’s relationship to his books.
  • What does Lin ask Manna to help him do on p. 34? Why?
  • What does the hospital’s Political Department order? Describe the degree to which Lin complies.
  • Watch the short video clip about the Cultural Revolution. According to Yohuru Williams, what was the Cultural Revolution and when did it happen? Who was Mao and what were the 4 olds he identified that needed to be removed? Who were the Red Guard and what did they do that was so harmful?
  • What evidence do you see in today’s chapter that the Cultural Revolution is beginning?
  • What does Manna wonder? What decision does she make? Why?
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