please take out a piece of paper and title it “character change activity.” you will be...
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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,
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