About this Story:
This story introduces the famous Chinese officer, Lin Zexu, burn the opium in Human in the Qing Dynasty.
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Connections (Subject Area):
Science: The roles of water in Earth’s surface processes.
Math: Measurement and data.
Social studies: A citizen is a member of a community or group students are citizens of their local and global communities. Traits of a responsible citizen include respecting others, behaving honestly, helping others, obeying rules and laws, being informed, and sharing deeded resources.
Language Arts: Describe characters in a story; using their experience and their knowledge of language and logic, as well as culture, to think analytically, address problems creatively, and advocate persuasively.
Language Functions & Forms:
Language function:
– Describe the roles and duties of people using 我是… …, 我应该 … …
– Sequence events in the story.
Language forms: 我是……, 我应该 ……。
Vocabulary: 大臣，阻止，烧掉，商人，政府官员
Culminating Assessment:
Interpretive Task: Listen to a story about the conflict between duty to others and personal interests.
Interpersonal Task: In pairs, Ss will discuss first and then draw about the story, specifically on the duty and personal interest. Then, Ss will find out a solution together.
Presentational Task: Each group will present their pictures to the class and share their solution.