*• Devoirs pour mardi 18 mars
CC: Relire le chapitre 4 de La Petite Fille au Kimono Rouge + faire l'activité p. 9 et le vocab p. 10 (top). Don't forget to find 5 good words for your personal dictionary.
Géographie: Be ready to hand or do what you are missing + take the test you are missing.
• Devoirs pour lundi 17 mars
CC: Lire le chapitre 4 de La Petite Fille au Kimono Rouge + faire l'activité de la page 8.
Ecrit: Work on your essay - you should be done and ready to proofread in class.
• Devoirs pour vendredi 14 mars
CC: Relire les 3 premier chapitres de La Petite Fille au Kimono Rouge + apprendre le vocabulaire des 3 chapitres - Petit contrôle de compréhension et de vocabulaire
Géographie: Apprendre les pays des Amériques - Contrôle.
• Devoirs pour jeudi 13 mars
CC: Lire ch. 3 de La Petite Fille au Kimono Rouge + faire l'activité 1 de la p. 7
Ecrit: Work on your essay - Intro + at least 2 paragraphs
Devoirs pour mercredi 12 mars
CC: Lire ch. 2 de La Petite Fille au Kimono Rouge + faire les activités p.6
Géographie: Apprendre les pays des Amériques + continuer la carte.
• Devoirs pour mardi 11 mars
CC: Lire ch. 1 de La Petite Fille au Kimono Rouge + faire les activités 1 et 2
Ecrit: Start your essay (introduction), and choose the two or three conflicts you want to develop. You could write your the topic sentences of each of your paragraphs (body).
Finding says in the book might be helpful to summarize the character's behavior or to to show how their behavior parts from the expected one. For instance, in both works elders say "Shikata ga nai" (it cannot be helped) as a way to accept an unfair situation and not dwell on it, but instead find another route that will bring something positive. The idea of "haji" (shame) is also important, especially in Weedflower. It seems mostly for the Issei and Nisei, Sumiko and Lyle seem to not be affected by it. Sumiko notes that unlike her auntie and uncle, she doesn't feel "haji". Lyle refuses to feel bad about being who he is, and doesn't bow to people. "Go for broke" is a say in gambling (Japanese seem very found of gambling in both works, but it is not presented in a good light, except for the baseball bet), and means "betting everything / putting all your strength, energy on that one play, one move; going all the way".
Conflicts we have talked about:
1- Discrimination
2- Depression (ultimate boredom) : making sense of your situation/your life
3- Keeping one's culture (staying "Japanese")
4- Knowing your place (American vs. Japanese)
Each of these conflicts can be developed differently, with different examples from both work and have different conclusions. For instance how does one faces discrimination : draw on your sense of pride, educate the other, earn respect through actions, fight back, be resigned, etc.... Your paragraph on that theme could only include one or two reactions.
