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Good morning, everyone.
We’ll get started at 8:30.
Today’s agenda
1. Sentence combining
2. Test #2- Paragraph on JP Ch1-3.
3. HW Read JP Chapter 4 for Wednesday, make notes on the Thought Questions
Part 2 “Jung-Sum, second brother”
Your questions about JP Ch3 the bone shipment
Q: I still don’t know why Wong Bak goes back to China. Does he want to bone shipment? or is he protecting other people’s bone shipment?
A: The families in Chinatown need someone to go with the bone shipment to make sure it goes smoothly. He is going as the facilitator of the bone shipment. Presumably, he will organize the transportation and reburial ceremonies in China.
facilitator – helps organize a meeting, conference, is not directly involved
A: Maybe Wong Bak doesn't have enough money to pay the head tax and other charges. As the novel said, he received the fifty dollars from Jook's father.
Also, he wanted to go back to his home, doesn’t want to die in Canada, bones must go “where they belong” ~~
“the Head Tax” – 150 years ago, a special tax put on only Chinese immigrants, high cost, designed to keep out Chinese from Canada, part of Canada’s racist past – complicated country, full of contradictions- freedom, racism, equality, inequality
- ambiguity in a complex novel
- as readers, we have to be able to tolerate ambiguity, spice of the November
- clear cut, simple, story with no loose ends would be childish and not thought-provoking
- sometimes our questions cannot be answered
Good unanswerable question: “Will Poh-poh want to be buried in China, her home country, or will she want to be buried in Canada where her family is?
War in China in the 1930s – China and the invading army of Japan
in the 1940s – Second World War
in the 1950&60s – Civil War, major civil upheaval of the Cultural Revolution
-any Chinese person in the 70s and older will remember that
All of our governments lie (not tell the whole truth) through education. Every country has a dark history.
Your example of sentence combining.
Combine each group of sentences into one longer sentence.
1. We talked for a long time.
We were talking on the telephone.
Our telephones were cellular.
Our telephones were new.
We were talking for a long time on our new cellular telephones. SIMPLE
2. We talked about our plans.
The plans were exciting.
The plans were for a concert.
The concert was at GM Place.
We talked about our exciting plans for a concert at GM Place. SIMPLE
3. GM Place was noisy.
GM Place was crowded.
People were finding their seats.
People were yelling.
a. GM Place was noisy and crowded; also, people were finding their seats and yelling.
b. GM Place was noisy and crowded, and people were finding their seats and yelling.
c. When we get there, the GM place was noisy. NOT ACCURATE
d. GM Place was noisy and crowded where because people were finding their seats and yelling.
e. GM Place was noisy and crowed, Because people were finding their seats and yelling.
GM Place was noisy and crowed because people were finding their seats and yelling.
4. We looked for our seats.
Our seats were all in one section.
The section was on the floor.
We stayed together in a group.
a. We stayed together in a group while we looked for our seats which were are all in one section on the floor.
b. We looked for our seats were all in one section and the section was on the floor that is why we stayed together in a group punc
We looked for our seats were all in one section on the floor; that is why we stayed together in a group.
c. We looked for our seats where which were all in one section that was on the floor, and we stayed together in a group.
d. We were looking for our seats together in a group because our seats were all in one section and on the floor.
5. The concert ended at 11.
We were hungry.
We left GM Place.
We went to our favourite restaurant.
6. We arrived home.
It was late.
We were tired.
We were happy.
We will finish these tomorrow.
Test #2 paragraph (150-200w)
Email it to me by 9:50.
Font size, doublespace.
Discuss why Jook Liang’s and Wong Bak’s friendship is so important to them both.
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