Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Mon. March 10:

1. Synthesis of the short stories "A Christmas Memory" and "The Jade Peony": 

You are to be working on the following question: "How are the values that Grandmama passes down to Sek-Lung, in "The Jade Peony" by Wayson Choy, reflected in Truman Capote's story "A Christmas Memory"?

This a synthesis of two stories that requires you to show similarities between the two stories. You are to identify these values, and show through textual examples how they are similar. This will require understanding the characters, plot-conflicts,  irony, and theme -  and including some imagery(vivid description) that also shows synthesis.

You are to come with a number of points and examples on Monday. I suggest you use your large chart. You will be in small groups working on it Monday.