overview / introduction to the thematic unit
This is my plan for my thematic unit, centered on the question of "What does it mean to fit in?"
mckinney_final_project_abc_thematic_unit.pdf | |
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Calendar / outline of Daily activities
Below is an example of the calendar that I would use for the first week of the unit. This calendar is a calendar or my notes and structure and a better formatted and cleaner copy would be given to my students a few days prior to starting the actual unit.
abc_thematic_unit_calendar_-_week_1.pdf | |
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Lesson plans and activities
Preview documents below in the embedded document feature and then download them if you would like to keep copies of these items for yourself! To view the embedded document in a larger screen, simply click the icon in the bottom right corner. It should be noted that it these documents would fit into my ideal thematic unit, whether as a handout that I could use to guide lessons and/or as a resource that I could modify and use as a classroom handout and base for classroom discussion.
ABC Anticipation Guide.pdf | |
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teacherpowerpoint.ppt | |
File Size: | 5314 kb |
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abc_character_sketch_assignment.png | |
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ABC Concept Analysis.pdf | |
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ABC - Comic Books and First-year Writing: Moving Beyond Literary Analysis.ppt | |
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ch361.pdf | |
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This document contains a short play ("Beauty" by Jane Martin) that can be compared to American Born Chinese in that it explores identity and role reversal. The play starts on page 1269.
other classroom lesson plans / activities / helpful resources
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Graphic Novel Study: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang | |
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hathaway.pdf | |
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yal_american_born_chinese.ppt | |
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Works cited
"Get Graphic: The World in Words and Pictures." Get Graphic. 12 June 2013. <www.getgraphic.org/Teachers
/TEACHERpowerpoint.ppt>. PowerPoint file.
Lawrence, Megan, "Graphic Novel Study: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang." 12 June 2013.
<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2ARE3AW95xoJ:mlawrenceportfolio.files.wordpress.com
/2012/12/unit-plan-graphic-novel-study-megan-lawrence.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>. PDF file.
Martin, Jane. "Beauty." 1269 to 1274. Modes of Drama: Tragedy and Comedy. 12 June 2013.
<http://teachingamericanbornchinese.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/5/13254095/ch361.pdf>. PDF file.
Mortensen. "Anticipation Guide." BYU. 2009. 12 June 2013. <http://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels
/AmericanBornChinese /Anticipation%20Guide.pdf>. PDF file.
Mortensen. "Concept Analysis." BYU. 2009. 12 June 2013. <http://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels/AmericanBornChinese
/Concept%20Analysis.pdf.> PDF file.
"YAL Ameican Born Chinese." 12 June 2013. <http://read6350secondaryreading.wikispaces.com/file/view
/YAL+American+Born+Chinese.ppt>. PowerPoint file.
Yang, Gene Luen. "American Born Chinese book cover." 2006. Gene Luen Yang official website. 12 June 2013.
<http://geneyang.com/american-born-chinese>. JPEG file.
Yang, Gene Luen. "Panel of The Herbalist's Wife." 2006. Google Books. 12 June 2013. <http://books.google.com
/books?id=nihoSwMJLGMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false>. JPEG file.
/TEACHERpowerpoint.ppt>. PowerPoint file.
Lawrence, Megan, "Graphic Novel Study: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang." 12 June 2013.
<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:2ARE3AW95xoJ:mlawrenceportfolio.files.wordpress.com
/2012/12/unit-plan-graphic-novel-study-megan-lawrence.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>. PDF file.
Martin, Jane. "Beauty." 1269 to 1274. Modes of Drama: Tragedy and Comedy. 12 June 2013.
<http://teachingamericanbornchinese.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/5/13254095/ch361.pdf>. PDF file.
Mortensen. "Anticipation Guide." BYU. 2009. 12 June 2013. <http://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels
/AmericanBornChinese /Anticipation%20Guide.pdf>. PDF file.
Mortensen. "Concept Analysis." BYU. 2009. 12 June 2013. <http://novelinks.org/uploads/Novels/AmericanBornChinese
/Concept%20Analysis.pdf.> PDF file.
"YAL Ameican Born Chinese." 12 June 2013. <http://read6350secondaryreading.wikispaces.com/file/view
/YAL+American+Born+Chinese.ppt>. PowerPoint file.
Yang, Gene Luen. "American Born Chinese book cover." 2006. Gene Luen Yang official website. 12 June 2013.
<http://geneyang.com/american-born-chinese>. JPEG file.
Yang, Gene Luen. "Panel of The Herbalist's Wife." 2006. Google Books. 12 June 2013. <http://books.google.com
/books?id=nihoSwMJLGMC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false>. JPEG file.