Girl in Translation online lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Today:

• Descriptive language and narrative voice
• Girl in Translation discussion  
• Point of view writing exercise 
• Feedback questionnaire  

"Curt the one with hair like a lion's" p.128

"The rounded backs of the vacant chairs formed a field of doubt before me."(188)

"I felt as if I were a scarecrow in a high wind" (p.188)

Which narrative voice is used in GIT and what effect does it have on you?

popular, wealthy, creative, arrogant
Who is this?

likable, hard-working, independent, caring, poor

loyal, kind, reliable, naive

Writing task:

Respond to the following quote, writing from the point of view of Kimberly’s mother. Write for 10-15 minutes without stopping and without caring too much about grammar or spelling, this is about getting ideas on paper!

“But most things hadn’t changed, they’d simply become routine. I grew into the space that Ma’s foreignness left vacant. She hadn’t learned anymore English, so I took over everything that required any kind of interaction with the world outside of Chinatown.” (page 155)

Questions to help get you started: How would Ma describe her own position? How does she see her life in New York / Chinatown? If Kimberly has grown into her space, does Ma feel like she has shrunk?

Upload to itslearning!!

To do:

• Complete feedback questionnaire - link is on itslearning 
• Writing task: write a response to a quote from Kimberly's mother's point of view. Write for 10/ 15mins without stopping, do not think too much about grammar / spelling etc - upload text to itslearning. 
• Read chapters 12, 13 & 14 for next week