Literature is usually compared and contrasted for similarities and differences. Students may be looking for themes and topics that are common in pieces of literature. Students may also be determining the pattern of events in texts. They may be found in myths, traditional literature or stories. Answer questions about the similarities and differences in two cultural texts give below: Story 1 Jack is a student who comes from China. He is going to school in the United States during his last year of high school. He wants to learn the English language while staying in the United States. Jack is... Show more Literature is usually compared and contrasted for similarities and differences. Students may be looking for themes and topics that are common in pieces of literature. Students may also be determining the pattern of events in texts. They may be found in myths, traditional literature or stories. Answer questions about the similarities and differences in two cultural texts give below: Story 1 Jack is a student who comes from China. He is going to school in the United States during his last year of high school. He wants to learn the English language while staying in the United States. Jack is living with an American family while he attends school at the local high school. After being in the United States for 3 months, Jack’s birthday comes up in November. His American family decides to prepare a birthday that Jack would love. The mother looks online and researches information. Then she has an idea. On November 12th, the American family surprises Jack with his birthday meal. The mother has cooked a large meal for Jack. She serves him a huge plate of long noodles without sauce. Jack sees the noodles and eats them. “Thanks, this means that I will live a long life,” Jack tells his American family. After that, the entire family and Jack enjoy the birthday cake. Story 2 – The Jamaican Trip Tiffany and Sasha are sisters who moved to the United States when they were twelve. Now at twenty years old, the twin sisters have decided to go back to Jamaica where they were originally from. Both girls buy airplane tickets to Jamaica. While they are spending the two weeks there, they will be celebrating their birthdays. Tiffany wants to have an American birthday celebration, but Sasha wants a Jamaican birthday. They decide to compromise and have both types of parties in Jamaica. On the night of their actual birthday, the girls go out to a restaurant in Jamaica. They eat their favorite meals and give each other wrapped presents. At the end of the meal, the staff at the restaurant bring each of the girls a cake that is lit with twenty candles on it. The staff sing happy birthday to them and they blow out the candles. Then the host of the restaurant throws flour on the two girls who laugh and dance around. By the end of the night, the twins are covered in flour. They had a wonderful birthday. Show less
Literature is usually compared and contrasted for similarities and differences. Students may be looking for themes and topics that are common in pieces of literature. Students may also be determining the pattern of events in texts. They may be found in myths, traditional literature or stories.
Answer questions about the similarities and differences in two cultural texts give below:
Story 1
Jack is a student who comes from China. He is going to school in the United States during his last year of high school. He wants to learn the English language while staying in the United States. Jack is living with an American family while he attends school at the local high school. After being in the United States for 3 months, Jack’s birthday comes up in November. His American family decides to prepare a birthday that Jack would love. The mother looks online and researches information. Then she has an idea. On November 12th, the American family surprises Jack with his birthday meal. The mother has cooked a large meal for Jack. She serves him a huge plate of long noodles without sauce. Jack sees the noodles and eats them. “Thanks, this means that I will live a long life,” Jack tells his American family. After that, the entire family and Jack enjoy the birthday cake. Story 2 – The Jamaican Trip Tiffany and Sasha are sisters who moved to the United States when they were twelve. Now at twenty years old, the twin sisters have decided to go back to Jamaica where they were originally from. Both girls buy airplane tickets to Jamaica. While they are spending the two weeks there, they will be celebrating their birthdays. Tiffany wants to have an American birthday celebration, but Sasha wants a Jamaican birthday. They decide to compromise and have both types of parties in Jamaica. On the night of their actual birthday, the girls go out to a restaurant in Jamaica. They eat their favorite meals and give each other wrapped presents. At the end of the meal, the staff at the restaurant bring each of the girls a cake that is lit with twenty candles on it. The staff sing happy birthday to them and they blow out the candles. Then the host of the restaurant throws flour on the two girls who laugh and dance around. By the end of the night, the twins are covered in flour. They had a wonderful birthday.
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