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Unit: 2 Title: The Jade Peony Suggested Time: 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RL.9-10.1; RL.9-10.2; RL.9-10.3; RL.9-10.4; W.9-10.2; W.9-10.4; W.9-10.9; SL.9-10.1; L.9-10.1; L.9-10.4 Teacher Instructions Preparing for Teaching Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task. Big Ideas and Key Understandings The depth of love between family members must be cherished. Different cultures have specific traditions and beliefs about life and death. Respecting cultural traditions in a new time and place can be difficult. Accepting the death of a loved one may contribute to a person’s strength. Synopsis In “The Jade Peony,” a Chinese-Canadian family engages in the delicate dance of retaining the old life while adjusting to the new. The story is about a young Chinese-Canadian boy named Sek-Lung who tells the story of the times he spent creating a special wind chime with his Grandmama. Grandmama believed that when she died, the wind chime would remind her spirit to return to her home. The elder members of the family believed this was necessary for continued good fortune. While Grandmama and Sek-Lung work on the wind chime, the family continues to battle whether to keep or remove its Chinese Cultural habits. The bond between Sek-Lung, the youngest child, and his grandmother helps to preserve the family history and soften the pain of loss. Read the entire selection, keeping in mind the Big Ideas and Key Understandings. Re-read the text while noting the stopping points for the Text Dependent Questions and teaching Tier II/academic vocabulary. During Teaching Students read the entire selection independently. Teacher reads the text aloud while students follow along or students take turns reading aloud to each other. Depending on the text length and student need, the t