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Lesson 2: Building Background Knowledge: Understanding Bicultural Identities and Experiences, Part 1

California CCSS: Focus Standards

Determine a central idea and analyze how Amy Tan develops it through details and shifts in perspective in “Fish Cheeks.”
Explain how words connected to identity and emotion shape meaning using evidence-based discussion and writing frames.
Use context and word parts to determine and spell key words from the text.

What is blood, and how does it work as a symbol of both family ties and our shared humanity?
What is culture, and how does it shape our identity and sense of belonging especially when we move between more than one world?

Novel

Red, White, and Whole

Rajani LaRocca

Short-Form Text

Fish Cheeks

Amy Tan

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