Lesson 10: Close Read Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
After engaging in a close reading and discussion of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, students will be able to write a short response that compares how language establishes a tone of embarrassment in both Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and Cherokee Family Reunion.
How does language establish a tone of embarrassment?
What brings us back to one another?
RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.3, RI.9-10.4, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.10; W.9-10.1.B, W.9-10.4, W.9-10.5, W.9-10.6, W.9-10.9.B, W.9-10.10; SL.9-10.1.A, SL.9-10.1.B, SL.9-10.1.C, SL.9-10.1.D, SL.9-10.6; L.9-10.4, L.9-10.4.A, L.9-10.5.B, L.9-10.6
DOK 1-4
visual glossary
speaking frames
annotation guide
SSYNC embedded scaffolds
SSYNC extension activities
WRITE Response and/ or QUIZ