FTKMF Label a new section in your notes Answer c ritical thinking questions in response to the text Analyze the development of a complex character Identify the elements of fictionfigurative language ID: 238078
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First They Killed My Father FTKMF
Label a new section in your notesSlide2
Answer critical thinking questions in response to the text
Analyze the development of a complex character
Identify the elements of fiction/figurative languageIncrease vocabulary knowledge and cultural proficiencyCompose self-text-world connections
ObjectivesSlide3
Loung
Ung
“A riveting memoir… An important, moving work that those who have suffered cannot afford to forget and those who have been spared cannot afford to ignore.” – San Francisco Chronicle
First They
killed
My Father
“This book left me gasping for air…”
This is a story of the triumph of a child’s indomitable spirit over the tyranny of the Khmer Rouge; over a culture where children are trained to become killing machines…”
“A gripping narrative…”
“Chillingly evocative… a straightforward, unblinking account…”
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A historical account written from personal knowledge or special sourcesHow one remembers one’s own life
A collection of memories
Memoir Slide5
A memoir is not what happens, but the person to whom things happen Virginia
Woolf
Memoir is a window into a life William Zinsser
Memoir is not the whole head of hair, but one or two of the strands of hair
Jean Little Slide6Slide7
6 Word Memoirs
Ernest Hemingway (American Author) was challenged
To write a full story in 6 words. His response:
For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.
If you were given this challenge, what would you write about? Would it be sad? Funny? Slide8
“One life. Six Words. What’s yours?” You have 6 words. Create your own 6 Word Memoir. Capture a moment of your life. What’s worth sharing?
Step 1: Brainstorm in your notebook
6 Word Memoirs Slide9
“From 1975 to 1979– through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor– the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost a fourth of the country’s population.
This is a story of survival: my own and my family’s. Though these events constitute my experience, my story mirrors that of millions of Cambodians. If you had been living in Cambodia during this period, this would be your story too.”
Loung
UngSlide10
Pol Pot leader of the Khmer Rouge
Khmer Rouge
Communist party took over Cambodia in 1975. In charge of the Cambodian Genocide – at least 1.5 million Cambodians died. Goal? To transform Cambodia into a rural, classless society in which there were no rich people, no poor people.
Brief History of the Khmer RougeSlide11
AbolishedMoney
Free markets
SchoolingChurchesUniversitiesShops
Government buildings (turned into prisons)
Private property
Public/private transportation
Life under the Khmer Rouge Regime Slide12
You will be in charge of your novel. Treat this book with respect. You will be charged if you lose or ruin the novel. Take a moment now to explore the cover, reviews, summary, maps, and family tree.
On your notecard
, jot down a few notes, documenting your exploration.What do you notice?
Exploring the Novel Slide13
Name/Class Period on your notecardList 2 things you hope to learn or gain from our
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unit? Notecard: Lined side Exit Ticket Blank Side
Memoir
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