Exploring Identity and Culture Through Literature
Focus Text: The Awakening
Essential Questions:
1. How does your culture shape your identity?
2. What does literature teach us about our identities?
A. Discuss graphic novels as a genre.
B. Introduce American Born Chinese (video clip and slide show).
C. Complete quick write prompts.
Note: Before you leave, make sure you turn in chapters 1-4 New American Notebook for
Lord of the Flies. The next section, chapters 5-8, is due Wednesday, 4/22.