Quarter 4 Welcome back DO NOW Read the

Quarter 4 Welcome back DO NOW- Read the handout on your desk then complete the question that follows March 28 th

DO NOW – Think Pair Share- 5 minutes • For two minutes share what you thought then add two sentences to the bottom of your response with something your partner said. - 3 • With your partner tell me what type of work (fiction non-fiction) and genre you think this reading falls under and why? You can write it on the white part on the back of your handout. -2

Quarter 4 - Updates and Grade break down sheet • 1 - Quarter 4 - All about the nonfiction work- We will be reading Red Scarf Girl and creating a Legacy project. • 2 - Grade break down sheet- Lets look it over to see if you have any questions

The Narrative Elements of Memoir • Check Out the Pensters for Narrative Essays • First, some definitions. Memoir (or autobiography) contains stories about one’s life, usually on a very particular focus—a pivotal year after college; an affair and its aftermath; a relationship between mother and daughter. It’s impossible to write one’s whole life story; instead writers find a focus and then tell stories about people, events, or phases within that focus. Narrative refers to telling a story, the temporal sequence of how events are related to one another in time. Pacing is the technique by which we vary the passage of time, that is how slow or how fast we make the time pass dependent on the particular element of narrative writing we use, page by page.

The Narrative Elements of Memoir • Difference between an Autobiography and Memoir • Memoir – Story written from the perspective of the author ; focus on a specific event or time period • Autobiography- Written from the perspective of the author as a history or story of their life.

April 4 th- DO NOW- Section 1 • Create a response for section one based on your opinion or what you know. • IF you don’t know anything about Chinese culture create at least 5 questions you would like to ask.

Red Scarf Girl Section 2 Finish this statement based on the cover of the memoir. I believe this memoir will be about…

Background • China today and yesterday

Traditional Chinese norms

Setting/history • “The story takes place in Shanghai, China, during the onset of Chairman Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution. ” From www. harperchildrens. com

Literature Circle- Chinese Culture and Social Norms • Choose a job from the list on the sheet and complete it using the readings passed out to you. You may select any reading of your choice • Exit Closure – You must complete your job by the end of class and turn in your paper.

DO NOW- Tuesday April 5 th Explore the pictures below and tell me what you think

Notes on China’s Government

Setting/history • “By 1949 Mao established a Communist state by defeating the former ruling party, the Nationalists. In 1966, when Ji-li's story begins, Mao has just imposed the Cultural Revolution to cut people's ties to pre-Communist China. ” From www. harperchildrens. com

Setting/history • “To lead this revolution he enlisted help--mostly high school and college students-to implement rules and to eliminate everything that suggested a bourgeois lifestyle. ” From www. harperchildrens. com

Landowners • At first, the heart of the revolution was land reform. • “The ultimate goal was to increase economic output so that China's industrialization could be built on the profits made in agriculture. ” • “The first step, ‘land to the tiller, ’ was to get land into the hands of those who rented but did not own it. This was a bloody phase because landlords, whose lands were seized by local political leaders without compensation, were attacked by local peasants and often killed in struggle meetings. ” • Who in the book is a landlord? From “The Mao Years” R. Keith Schoppa

The Cultural Revolution • “Mao mobilized the people to carry out government policies through mass political campaigns. ” • “In the first years of the regime, there were campaigns against corruption and waste among elites in party and government (Three-Anti Campaign) and against corruption in business and industry (Five-Anti Campaign). ” • “They were called ‘campaigns’ because people were mobilized to campaign against the "evils" that were specified by the party. ” From “The Mao Years” R. Keith Schoppa

The Cultural Revolution • By 1966 there was internal strife in the Communist Party and many policies were failing. • Mao recruited young people to engage in “continual revolution” in order to maintain control over his party and to draw attention away from governmental failures. • This time period is the focus of Red Scarf Girl.

1966 -1968 • “Mao called on the young people in The Red Guard to destroy the ‘four olds’: old ideas, habits, customs, and culture. The years from 1966 to 1968 were a period of almost total anarchy in China. Red Guards seized and humiliated - in some cases, beat to death - anyone allegedly linked with "feudal China. " Many people committed suicide to escape such humiliation and torture. ” From “The Mao Years” R. Keith Schoppa

The Cultural Revolution • The Cultural Revolution was meant to change people’s values and beliefs. • It was a systematic attack on Chinese traditions, culture, and beliefs (the olds), which people were expected to replace with new beliefs an values. • This poster is titled “Destroy Old World. ”

Rules of Survival: • During the Cultural Revolution, China printed an estimated 2. 2 billion Mao Zedong posters--three for every citizen. Failing to display Mao prominently could brand you a counterrevolutionary.

The Little Red Book • Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong was published in 1964. • Every citizen was (unofficially) required to study and memorize quotes from it to be seen as a good citizen.

DO NOW- April 6 th & 7 th 2016 • Complete the closure questions from yesterdays class. In section 4 in your packet.

China versus America. Complete this chart below by identifying major differences between both nations. List 5 differences for each

Literature Circle- The Culture Revolution and Communism • Choose a different job from the list on the sheet and complete it using the readings passed out to you. You may select any reading of your choice. • You will have 18 minutes to read and complete your task.

Pre- Reading Question • How does a political system shape the society and actions of people?

After Reading 1 - Silently read note to reader, pronunciation guide and prologue then answer these questions • 1. How do you define myself? • 2. How are you defined by others? • 3. To which groups do you belong? • 4. From which groups are you excluded? • 5. What does your family history have to do with your identity? • After answering these questions for your self answer them for the writer after reading the next few pages in chapter 1

Closure/ Exit Activity- Comprehension Questions from assigned reading • 1 - What important difference with regard to how people in China are called compared to people in America? Why do you think the author explained this small difference in the note to the reader? • 2 - What aim do you believe the author had in including a pronunciation guide? • 3 - Infer what these pre-reading chapters might suggest about the overall reason behind writing this memoir? • 4 -Read the first two pages of chapter 1 - The Liberation Army Dancer describe the day the author begins to recant her experience. Add at least two quotes from these two pages. • 5 - How is the description of the first few pages where the author describes her school day similar or different from yours? Explain your response in at least 5 sentences or more.