Grace and Grandma Scene 1

Who are the characters?

• Mom, Dad and Grace

• Dad, Grace Liu, Grandma Mei and Mom

• Dad, Grace Lie, Wendi Zhang and Grandma Mei

• Dad, Grace Liu, Grandma Mei, Mom and Wendi Zhang

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

What is the setting?

• Grace's House

• China

• Chicago, Illinois

• School

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What does the word heritage mean?

• phrases or expressions whose meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meaning

• pattern of behavior shared by a society, or group of people

• events of the past and especially those relating to a particular place or subject

• family or cultural history and traditions that are passed down through the years

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What conflict does Grace have in scene 1?

• Grace is fighting with her grandma about learning Chinese.

• Grace doesn't like her Chinese class at school and doesn't know why she needs to learn Chinese.

• Grace hears her parents whisper about her and doesn't know what they are saying since they are speaking Chinese.

• Grace doesn't know what her grandma means when she says she is a spring chicken.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What does it mean for someone to be a “spring chicken”?

• Someone who knows how to speak english.

• Someone who knows how to speak Chinese.

• Someone who just hatched in the spring.

• Some who is young.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What happens AFTER Grace says, “Chinese is what the older Chinese people speak”?

• Dad asks how school was today.

• Grace lowers her voice when talking to dad.

• Grace tells her dad that her teacher is strict and Chinese is hard.

• Grandma enters the room after hearing what Grace said.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is Dialogue?

• A list of Characters in the drama

• Time and place of the story

• Word the actors say

• Descriptions of how to move and act out the drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

A drama is also called a...

• play

• book

• poem

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

Actors in a drama memorize their lines from a...

• book

• poem

• script

• email

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7