CHAPTER 3 LITERATURE
English Language Arts Common Core Standards 1 . CCSS . ELA-Literacy . RL . K . 1 With prompting and support , ask and answer questions about key details in a text .
2 . CCSS . ELA-Literacy . RL . K . 7 With prompting and support , describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear ( e . g ., what moment in a story an illustration depicts ).
3 . CCSS . ELA-Literacy . RL . 2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges .
4 . CCSS . ELA-Literacy . RL . 2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story , including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action .
Reading and Discussion Questions
1 . At the beginning of The Name Jar Unhei wants to change her name . Why ? 2 . Why do many children want to identify only with the American culture and not their native culture or parents ’ culture ? Why not both ? 3 . How do some of the students treat Unhei on the bus and in her classroom ? Have you ever experienced what Unhei experienced ? 4 . What advice does Unhei ’ s mother give her daughter after her first day at school about her name and about school work ? 5 . What is kimchi ? 6 . What does Unhei ’ s name mean ? 7 . Explain about the name jar ? 8 . What was Unhei ’ s name stamp ? 9 . How does Unhei explain to the class why she decided to keep her Korean name ? 10 . How did Joey show Unhei that he would be her friend ?
Assessment
1 . Were the students involved in the story ? 2 . Were members of the class active participants in responding to the questions ? 3 . How did they react when Unhei decided to keep her Korean name ? 4 . Did you sense that the class agreed that Unhei made a good decision to keep her name ? 5 . Joey showed Unhei that he would be her friend . What can you do to welcome a new student who comes to your classroom ?
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