2. 2006-8-11Group 12 The Bracelet

3. Deep understanding of the text : the theme of the story Language study : words, phrases, sentences, grammar items Writing techniques : the length of sentence, the use of words, psychological description, etc Teaching Goals

4. 2006-8-11Group 12 Class Organization  Warm-up & Preview 1.5hours  Textual analysis 3 hours  Discussion & Revision 1.5hours Three stages

5. 2006-8-11Group 12 Stage One Presentation Lead-in questions Brief introduction

6. 2006-8-11Group 12 Task One: presentation Several students are asked to do presentations by choosing one of the following topics: The Japan and US relationship after Pearl Harbor Air-raid The attitudes and reactions of Americans towards Japanese after the air-raid The situation of American Japanese in the US after the incident

7. About the author Yosiko Uchida was born in 1922 in Alameda California and spent most of her life in Berkeley before passing away in 1992. She contributed many books to the world of children's literature, focusing the themes of them on the Japanese- American experience, especially interment of Japanese- Americans in camps during WW II. She knew little about Japanese language but was regarded as the symbol of Japanese culture by mainstream America. Her autobiography The Invisible Thread – the powerful memoir of a girl consigned to a concentration camp – by the US government.

8. 2006-8-11Group 12 Task Two: Background information  the author, Yoshiko Uchida  Pearl Harbor, a clip of the movie

9. Task three: Lead-in questions 1. Do you know any modern wars, such as WWI and WWII? 2. What do you think about the impact of modern wars to the people involved in? 3. Have you ever read the story written by this author? 4. Does the bracelet have any symbolic meaning? What is it?

10. Stage two: detailed study Structure of the story: 4 parts Plot and characterization: 3 major characters Textual analysis: expressions, sentence patterns, grammar Artistic devices: psychological portraying, contrastive description, etc

11. 2006-8-11Group 12 Textual analysis Useful expressions: pick up fix up leave behind,at war; bean-curd cakes (typical Japanese food); FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Sentence pattern(s): Papa could be no more dangerous than the Major of our city… Grammar item(s): Subjunctive mood If Papa had been home, he would have cut the first iris blossom …

12. Stage Three Discussion on the theme of the story Retelling the story in the mouth of the mother Doing a quiz based on the text