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The Objective
The Objective
To determine a central idea of a text and track and analyze its development, including how the author unfolds a story and how connections are made between ideas; and to analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, in order to formulate a written argument on one of the central ideas.
The Standards
The Standards
RI.9-10.1 - Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
RI.9-10.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
RI.9-10.3 - Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
RI.9-10.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
RI.9-10.10 - By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Essential Question
Essential Question
How does the story of what happened in Laos and the story of the Hmong people change or impact our view on human rights?
Survey - Background
Survey - Background
Overview and About the Author
Overview and About the Author
The Latehomecomer - Overview & About Author.pdf
Question - Discussion
Question - Discussion
In Partners (Think, Pair, Share)
In Partners (Think, Pair, Share)
Connecting to our unit topic of struggling for freedom, discuss possible answers to the following questions using textual evidence from the documentary film "Hmong and the Secret War."
As we will read in The Latehomecomer, author Kao Kalia Yang notes that there is no mention of the Hmong in books or discussion about American history. Why might this be so? Do you think there is an ethical duty to educate children about the ways in which minority cultures have contributed to the American experience? Adults? Consider also that most of the Hmong people in the United States would not have come to the United States were it not for the “U.S. Secret War” in Laos.
5 minutes: First jot down a response individually.
10 Minutes: Now share with your partner and combine notes to summarize your response to share with the class.
Read - The Latehomecomer Reading Recordings
Read - The Latehomecomer Reading Recordings
Part 1: People of the Sky
Part 1: People of the Sky
Reading Resources
Reading Resources
Themes to track:
Hmong Culture & History
Healing / Medicine / Health
Refugee Life / What Is Human Rights?
Part 2: The Little Girl with the Dimples
Part 2: The Little Girl with the Dimples
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