https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b With your partner, respond to the question on your gold sheet. Restate the question in your response. Place each person's name on the response. en-us 2019-10-01 17:26:49 UTC 2019-10-01 18:04:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051155 The author's purpose is to tell a story based on the life/feelings of a foreign teenager. The word choice helped develop the author's purpose by using words that implied embarrassment and insecurity.]]> 2019-10-01 17:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051155 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051511 The narrator's cultural background impact's the text because in the passage the narrator was embarrassed about how her family and her culture was different from American culture. She was embarrassed because she had fell in love with a American boy named Robert that her parents had invited over for dinner a long with his family. Robert and his family werent ]]> 2019-10-01 17:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051511 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051539 What does the narrator's behavior towards her family's traditions reveal about her character?
 It shows how the narrator felt ashamed of her culture and traditions and it reflects because of how much she liked the american boy and didn't want him to know how they celebrated Christmas but in the end she actually realized that it wasn't that bad.]]> 2019-10-01 17:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051539 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051776 What does the narrator's behavior towards her family's traditions reveal about her character?
- It shows how embarrassed she was of her family's heritage. It was different compared to American culture and traditions. She wanted to fit in with the Americans because of her crush on an american boy. The fact that he was in attendance there amplified how she felt about her family heritage.]]> 2019-10-01 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051776 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051825 What is the author's likely purpose for including the following paragraph?
"After everyone had gone, my mother said to me, 'You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.' She handed me an early gift. It was a miniskirt in beige twee. 'But inside you must always be Chinese. You must be proud you are different. Your only shame is to have shame.'"
The author's likely purpose for including this paragraph is to characterize Amy Tan's mother as understanding to her daughter. The author probably wanted to show that the mother wasn't bad just because she cooked Chinese meals for her American guests.]]> 2019-10-01 17:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392051825 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392052008 How does the narrator's cultural background impact the text ?

Amy was ashamed of her cultural Chinese ways, Most of their traditions where messy, loud, and abnormal. In regular american house hold they don't eat fish for dinner or belched loudly to show gratitude. Amy had wish she was a normal american girl and get rid of her Chinese ways. ]]> 2019-10-01 17:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392052008 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392052204 The author included this paragraph to convey the message that no matter, what you look like, your roots will always be there. In the case of the story, the mother was showing her daughter that even if she looked like the american girls, she would always be chinese, and that's nothing to be ashamed of.

]]> 2019-10-01 17:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392052204 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392054633 Word choice develops the author's purpose in Fish Cheeks by helping the author convey the lesson she learned from her mother. In the text, of paragraph 3 Amy uses words like slimy, appalling, rubbery, fleshy, and compares the food she should like to bicycle tires. This conveys a negative description of what Amy usually considers good food showing how she needed the lesson. ]]> 2019-10-01 17:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392054633 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392054993 How does the narrator's view of her family traditions differ from her mother's view of their family traditions?
The narrator's view of her family traditions differ from her mother's view because the narrator is more embarrassed of her family traditions meanwhile her mother embraces her family traditions. ]]> 2019-10-01 17:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392054993 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392055241 The authors purpose for including the paragraph was to convey that its okay to want to fit in, but don't lose sight of who you are, and where you come from.]]> 2019-10-01 17:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392055241 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392055449 2019-10-01 17:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392055449 https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392056069 The author included the paragraph where her mother talks to her about her identity, because it was a heart to heart moment she had with her. It showed her mother understood where she was coming from. Even though she understood how her daughter felt she also told her she needs to embrace her culture.  This was a moment she thought about later in life and could actually appreciate and see the true meaning.]]> 2019-10-01 17:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/khadijarivera/cbk1bbm41r7b/wish/392056069