American Born Chinese Lesson Plan

The Most Famous Chinese Story You've Never Heard Of

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will be introduced to works and themes that are pertinent to the text, as well as apply research skills in a dynamic context.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.7 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.8 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.6

Structure:

To start off this activity, the teacher should have students watch the following video about the classic Chinese novel, Journey to the West: ...