Character Change Activity on the narrator Jing-mei in “Two Kinds” pg. 99

Please take out a piece of paper and title it “Character Change Activity.”

You will be completing a series of Descriptive Maps to show how the narrator (Jing-mei) changes.

Provide at least ONE direct quote, and ONE paraphrased quote for each section.

Example on following slide:

Character Change ActivityDescribe the narrator (Jing-mei) at the beginning (exposition), middle (rising action), and end (falling action) of the story.

Jing-Mei

Jing-Mei

Beginning

Middle

End

The character changes (middle)- rising action

The character changes (end) -falling action

Concrete detail (CD)

Agreeable

“In the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother” (100).

She begins to resent that her mom tries to change her.

resent-ful

“I had new thoughts filled with lots of wont’s. I won’t let her change me I promised myself” (101). (CD-direct quote)I vowed I would not let her alter me. This was my opinion permeated with many will not’s (100). (CD-paraphrase)

acceptance

“After I had the piano tuned, I opened the lid and touched the keys…it sounded richer than I remembered” (107).(CD direct quote)

Jing-Mei

Body paragraph on character change:

Look at your completed descriptive maps.

Using your descriptive maps, use the information to complete a body paragraph on how Jing-Mei’s character changes.

See format on following slide:

Body paragraph on character change format:

1) Topic Sentence: Jing-Mei’s character changes throughout the story excerpt “Two Kinds,” written by Amy Tan.

2) In the beginning, Jing Mei is agreeable and is “just as excited as [her]

mother” (100). (concrete detail CD-quoted passage or paraphrase)

3) This means…(commentary CM–what does sentence #2 mean?) 4) It matters because… (commentary CM– how does sentence #2 matter?) 5) In the middle, Jing-mei becomes resentful and she vowed that she would not let

her alter her (101). … (concrete detail CD – quoted passage or

paraphrase).6) This means…(commentary CM–what does sentence #5 mean?) 7) It matters because…(commentary CM– how does sentence #5 matter?) 8) In the end, Jing-mei is…… (concrete detail CD-quoted passage or paraphrase).

9) This means….10) It matters because….. 11) In conclusion,