from The Book of Unknown Americans

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo
• Leerjaar 6

Starter Activity

Watch the assigned video on the Ed puzzle and answer the questions attached to it:

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What pushed the Toro family to migrate to United States.

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Describe the main characters in the story. Give evidence from the text.	The Book of Unknown Americans references real people, places, and events related to the history of Panama. Conduct research to learn more about Panama’s history. Record your findings in the chart.	CAUSE & EFFECT STRUCTURE	LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS The word or phrase to which a pronoun refers is called its antecedent. Circle the uses of the pronoun he in paragraph 10 and underline its antecedent in each case.	State one theme the author develops in this excerpt. Cite evidence from the text to support your analysis.

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If you were asked to live your life as any fictional character in the extract "from The Book of Unknown Americans", which one would you choose? Why?

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lesson Objectives

Students will be able to

•Analyze Narrative Structure

•Analyze Theme

Who are the main characters?

who is the narrator?

What is the genre of the text?

The story is told from which point of vi of view?

from The Book of Unknown Americans 

Narrative Structure( design of how the writer presents the events, characer, setting.. to make the story engaging) 

The structure of a work of literature is the way in which it is put

together. It includes all the elements of a story including plot( sequence of events)

 from The Book of Unknown Americans spans a stretch of time from the narrator’s early childhood until the present, revealing how the characters change over time. 

Many of these changes occur gradually: One event brings about, or causes, another, and that event in turn causes yet another. 

List some cause and effect relationship between events in the story: p 185

Analyze Theme

Novels often have more than one theme, but paying attention to and analyzing details about the main character(s) usually helps readers identify the main theme.

Themes are developed throughout a novel, you must synthesize any explicit or implicit information and draw your  own conclusions about what this evidence shows to determine themes

Analyze Theme p 185

A theme is a message about life or human nature that’s shared by a writer. 

Here are some ways to find and analyze themes:

• Look for explicit textual statements of the characters’ ideas about life or people. Pay particular attention to statements characters make about lessons they have learned over the course of events.

• Look for details that implicitly convey, or imply, what a character believes about life or human nature. For instance, how a character reacts to a conflict or problem, and the results of his or her behavior may hold a message the author wants to convey.

Analyze theme

One important theme of The Book of Unknown Americans is related to the challenges immigrants face in adapting to life in a new culture.

 As you read the novel excerpt, consider how events in the story affect the

characters’ sense of their cultural identity