What does "family" mean and how do we determine who our family is?
How do writers use stylistic devices and literary techniques to create meaning?
How can literature and the written word convey culture and tradition?
Concepts: Identity + Culture+ Communication
AOE: Time and Space, Readers, writers, texts
Possible Global Issue fields of inquiry: Culture, identity, community + beliefs, values,education
L/O: To introduce the SSST reading journal and begin to log entries for "Kitchen"
L/O: To check out understanding of the main plot points in the novel
L/O: To explore different cover art for various editions of "Kitchen" and discuss the effect of these covers and what they reflect about the story
Tuesday, Aug.19
Translate instructions into your own language
Write down 5 key quotations from the first section of the novel in your 2-column journal
HW: Come to next lesson with 5 quotations on your 2-column reading journal. We will start our lesson with a discussion about your choices.
Friday, Aug. 22
LP journal writing - What does the cover of your version reveal about the book? Do you think that it is a good cover? Why or why not?
Which cover that we looked at today do you think best reflects the novel? Why?
L/O: To understand the definition of magic realism and begin to explore how and to what effect it is used in the book
Tuesday, Aug.26
Friday, Aug.29
Review of Magic realism charts with partners
L/O: To consider how Yoshimoto's portrayal of gender and gender roles in the novel with a focus on Eriko and ideas of femininity and social norms around women's gender roles
Tuesday, Sept. 9
Representations of Gender in the novel - feminity
Friday, Sept.12
Ms. Z not in - IB training - tutor work
L/O: To further discuss and consider gender roles in the novel with a focus on representations of masculinty
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Review of findings on femininity in the novel
Friday, Sept. 19
Representations of Gender in the novel - Masculinity
L/O: To explore some of the main themes in "Kitchen" and consider how these themes are represented and explored in the novel.
Tuesday, Sept.23
Reviewing themes in "Kitchen
Friday, Sept. 26
Continue working on themes assignment
Theme image (loneliness and Isolation) by Roberta T (class of 2022)
L/O: To explore some of the main themes in "Kitchen" and consider how these themes are represented and explored in the novel.
L/o: To consider global issues represented in the novel and begin to work on crafting GI statements in our mother tongue language.
Tuesday, Sept. 30
sharing theme assignments
Friday, Oct. 3
Let's think about Global Issues in "Kitchen"