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Lesson 1 (from Part I, Los Angeles - Oranges (1 - 48))
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is for students to analyze Ma's treatment of the topic of the interplay between memory and the past in the story "Los Angeles." In this story, an unnamed narrator lives with her wealthy husband, two children, and 100 ex-boyfriends in a single house, including an ex-boyfriend who abused her. Throughout the story, Ma communicates the narrator's wistfulness and inability to let go of her past relationships and feelings, even as she makes it clear the narrator is unhappy with her relationship with her husband.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How does Ma describe the narrator's relationship with her ex-boyfriends in "Los Angeles"? What about the narrator's relationship with her husband? When does it seem the narrator was the happiest?
Small Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups and ask each group to answer the following in a group writing exercise: How does...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.5, 11-12.5
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