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Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1-5)

Objective

Monkey is a Chinese folktale written in the 1590s by Ch'Eng-En Wu.

The aim of this lesson is to introduce the book.

Lesson

1. Class discussion. What do the students expect from the book? Why do they expect these things to happen?

2. Brainstorm 's past Ch'Eng-En Wu other works with the students. What are about the books about? Do they share similar themes? Divide the students into pairs and assign them each a book to research. On their return, discuss what the students expect from Monkey.

3. With the students look at the questions that Ch'Eng-En Wu asks in the opening chapter. Divide the students into pairs and ask the students to write down five of the questions Ch'Eng-En Wu poses. After ten minutes, ask the students to swap their work with another pairs and answer the questions. After fifteen minutes compare the student's ideas and for each...

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