American Born Chinese Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read pages 1–54 of American-Born Chinese.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.1

   Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.3

   Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.4

   Present claims and findings, emphasizing salientpoints in a focused, coherent manner with...