Book Club 3 Meeting April 12, 2023 Overview: You will be working with your book clubs to share the information you gathered by doing your assigned job and weekly evidence chart while reading your assignment for this week. Please follow the steps below to discuss this reading. NOTE: While you are working together to discuss the text, you should complete this worksheet individually. This is the place for you to take notes on your book club discussion and build ideas for Essay 3. Below, note the book you are reading and which chapters you are discussing today. Book Title Chapters Read The Best We Could Do Chapters 6-7 Part 1: General Check-In First, take a few minutes to check in with your group and share your thoughts on this section of the book. What did you think about this section? Things you found interesting? Things you found confusing? Share your reaction in the box below. – The wars and internal struggles within Vietnam played a large part in these chapters and influenced Ma and Bo’s lives. Mention of loss of an infant and the effect it has on Ma and Bo. Confusion between the grandparents and what ends up happening to them. Part 2: Summarizer Review the summary and make sure the Summarizer has covered all the key points. Make adjustments as necessary by adding important information or deleting unnecessary information. Have the group member(s) who completed the summary share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcanvas.socccd.edu%2 Ffiles%2F14379843%2Fdownload%3Fverifier%3DhiTnQSpnpp6dCtpcEW55EAksymglPg5l9 H7GzZm9&data=05%7C01%7Cmchang94%40ivc.edu%7C10dec9495cba42f7efc108dbe0a2 7b21%7C3f01c1a0e05841c798d9b9fc7cf3c3f9%7C1%7C0%7C638350760687649965%7CU nknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLC JXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5p3hbY5QMQW0e1gnFCaWFVFKBikre1lL NwCFVgp1IN8%3D&reserved=0 Below, note your key takeaways from discussing the summary. – Bo’s journey to Sai Gon leads him down a path away from the military conflict. Early into Ma and Bo’s relationship, Ma becomes pregnant and Bo gets severe tuberculosis. North Vietnamese government makes it difficult for Ma and Bo to work peacefully. The family wants to escape from Vietnam by smuggling themselves out. Part 3: Researcher/Vocabulary Enricher Discuss the 5 key research points and vocabulary words. Find these researched sections and words in the text and discuss how your new knowledge impacts your understanding of these sections. Have the group member(s) who completed the Research/Vocabulary Enricher job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZgQJN4J7Cz3HbLgEiVkDHX8eHxjK0DdV4KGb3NK9WY/edit?usp=sharing Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the researcher/vocabulary enricher’s findings. Chapter 6: The Chessboard ● Bui’s parents’ marriage was not a typical love match, but rather a practical arrangement made in the midst of war and upheaval. ● Despite their lack of romantic love, Bui’s parents were devoted to their children and did everything they could to provide for them. ● Bui begins to understand that her parents’ sacrifices were made not out of obligation, but out of love for their children. Chapter 7: Heroes and Losers ● The end of the Vietnam War brought new challenges for Bui’s family, as they faced political repression and economic hardship under the new communist regime. ● Bui’s parents’ resilience and determination helped them to survive through difficult times. ● Bui comes to appreciate her parents’ strength and courage, and she realizes that they are not just her parents, but also heroes in her own right. Part 4: Golden Line Finder Review the golden lines. Have the Golden Line Finder share the page number, and take the time to look at the golden lines in context. Spend some time discussing the meaning of these passages and why they are important. Have the group member(s) who completed the Golden Line Finder job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. Copy of Golden Line Finder Here, note two of the passages that stood out the most to you: Golden Line “ The street had changed beyond recognition”(180). Why did it stand out to you? It reflects the theme of change and transition. “ But it still wasn’t easy for me to swallow that It displays a moment of emotional complexity my mother had been at her happiness without and possibly conflict for the narrator. us”(191) Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the golden lines. – Vietnam suffers throughout the conflict to the point where it becomes “beyond – recognizable”. We’re given a glimpse of Ma’s life before having a family and being more independent. Part 5: Discussion Director Have the Discussion Director lead a discussion of this section of the text using the 6 questions they generated. Have the group member(s) who completed the Discussion Director job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mUhh6EUpupmAMIDpzJgXysCx3gNfFGLDOdN0mk81 sWI/edit?usp=sharing Below, note your key takeaways from the discussion generated by these questions. 1. What do you think Bui tries to accomplish by comparing her relocation to New York to Bo’s relocation to Sai Gon? I think she tries to put herself in a similar position as Bo in order to relate to him better in order to build a deeper understanding of him. 2. How could Bui’s realization that she knows so little about her family’s past in Vietnam, influence her decision to write her book? Because she recognizes that she knows so little, it could serve as a motivation for her to research her family’s past. 3. How did the conflict with Vietnam create difficulty for Ma and Bo, during their early years of marriage? They had to struggle with many threats and moving around a lot. The state of their community deteriorated around them, as the toll of the wars grew greater. 4. What do Ma and Bo’s experiences during the wars in Vietnam try to demonstrate? It shows us how strong they were, through all the difficulties, they persevered and stuck together. 5. What do Ma and Bo’s change in teaching style portray in terms of how their society/environment is changing? It showed how the government had taken hold of their jobs and forced their influence over them. 6. How does the persecution/discrimination in Vietnam that Ma and Bo experience relate to Bo’s harsh childhood? It brought back memories of Bo’s childhood and all the bad memories, which reinstated a sense of fear in him and brought back the “nightmares” of his childhood. Book Club 4 Meeting November 13, 2023 Overview: You will be working with your book clubs to share the information you gathered by doing your assigned job and weekly evidence chart while reading your assignment for this week. Please follow the steps below to discuss this reading. NOTE: While you are working together to discuss the text, you should complete this worksheet individually. This is the place for you to take notes on your book club discussion and build ideas for Essay 3. Below, note the book you are reading and which chapters you are discussing today. Book Title Chapters Read The Best We Can Do Chatpers 8-10 Part 1: General Check-In First, take a few minutes to check in with your group and share your thoughts on this section of the book. What did you think about this section? Things you found interesting? Things you found confusing? Share your reaction in the box below. Part 2: Summarizer Review the summary and make sure the Summarizer has covered all the key points. Make adjustments as necessary by adding important information or deleting unnecessary information. Have the group member(s) who completed the summary share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xXOgJPsWymqqq9qEGi5P0h0Lroyzikdje5HbbMqCvPc/ edit Below, note your key takeaways from discussing the summary. The author Thi Bui continues to write about her family’s difficult journey of changing to life in the United States. She focuses on their fight to balance a painful past marked by the Vietnam War with the difficulties of fitting in in a new country. These chapters talk about Bui’s own attempts to understand what her parents went through during the war and as refugees afterward, comparing these to her own experiences as a mother. In this part of the book, she talks about the complicated relationships between her family members of different generations and how events in the past and changes in culture have affected these ties. Part 3: Researcher/Vocabulary Enricher Discuss the 5 key research points and vocabulary words. Find these researched sections and words in the text and discuss how your new knowledge impacts your understanding of these sections. Have the group member(s) who completed the Research/Vocabulary Enricher job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16ucjeKYEHDV4UW5brfEDlvTAGdEL182ZFzeQ35LnPQ/edit Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the researcher/vocabulary enricher’s findings. Part 4: Golden Line Finder Review the golden lines. Have the Golden Line Finder share the page number, and take the time to look at the golden lines in context. Spend some time discussing the meaning of these passages and why they are important. Have the group member(s) who completed the Golden Line Finder job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16sTuFiojBgEKpjNwk3pummzl3XIPBq9qE6zW9XuB8SY /edit?usp=sharing Here, note two of the passages that stood out the most to you: Golden Line Why did it stand out to you? “The unintentional ones came from their unexorcised demons… …and from the habits they formed over so many years of trying to survive” (Bui 295). While Ma and Bo tried to instill good values into their children and provide them with a good environment, their past scars from their life in Vietnam made it difficult for them to adapt to America. “But when I look at my son, now ten years old, I don’t see war and loss or even Travis and me. I see a new life, bound with mine by coincidence, and I think maybe he can be free” (Bui 328-329). Now with her own family, Bui is able to move past her worries and truly enjoy herself, hopeful for her son’s future. Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the golden lines. As Bui experiences the results of past generational trauma from her parents’ past, she not only recognizes that they are a result of their broken pasts, but also ventures into why/how they developed that way. In recognition of this, Bui can now try to provide her son with a better environment and let him be “free”. Part 5: Discussion Director Have the Discussion Director lead a discussion of this section of the text using the 6 questions they generated. Have the group member(s) who completed the Discussion Director job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VFpKqDHBwyf9IQ05XCKkOtkDI2qBK_frAdPSFrIaq6I/e dit?usp=sharing Below, note your key takeaways from the discussion generated by these questions. ● ● ● The author’s family’s American experience both fulfills and subverts their expectations. On the one hand, they are able to achieve the American dream of owning a home and providing a better life for their children. On the other hand, they also face challenges such as racism, cultural discrimination, and the struggle to maintain their sense of identity. The author’s depiction of Pulau Besar challenges our common perceptions of refugee camps. Instead of being portrayed as places of despair and hopelessness, the author shows that refugee camps can also be places of community, resilience, and even hope. The author’s concept of paradise evolves over time, from her childhood fantasies to her more nuanced understanding of adulthood. As she grows older, she realizes that paradise is not a physical place, but a state of being that is characterized by peace, happiness, and love. Book Club 1 Meeting November 01, 2023 Overview: You will be working with your book clubs to share the information you gathered by doing your assigned job and weekly evidence chart while reading your assignment for this week. Please follow the steps below to discuss this reading. NOTE: While you are working together to discuss the text, you should complete this worksheet individually. This is the place for you to take notes on your book club discussion and build ideas for Essay 3. Below, note the book you are reading and which chapters you are discussing today. Book Title Chapters Read The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Chpt. 1-2 Part 1: General Check-In First, take a few minutes to check in with your group and share your thoughts on this section of the book. What did you think about this section? Things you found interesting? Things you found confusing? Share your reaction in the box below. Mikhail: Marcus: I thought that introducing the premise of the novel and the author through childbirth brought an intense start to the book and kind of established the atmosphere for how the novel would be. Leading into chapter 2, we are shown the relationships between each family member and the hardships/struggles her parents, especially her mother experienced in their lifetime. Mrwan: The authors family has gone through some hardship moving to california Part 2: Summarizer (Marcus) Review the summary and make sure the Summarizer has covered all the key points. Make adjustments as necessary by adding important information or deleting unnecessary information. Have the group member(s) who completed the summary share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-qMSpWc2Vdj4d8gEaEFF8ivXUuv6hfxpVHlhtamIX8/edit?usp=sharing Below, note your key takeaways from discussing the summary. Chapter 1: ● Struggles of childbirth, emphasized through the detailed panels, Thi in intense pain and fear during experience. ● Mother and husband showed up to support/comfort her, bringing food and relief. ● Mother’s recount of birth and absence of husband in time of need. ● Thi finds a new sense of responsibility after experiencing motherhood. Chapter 2: ● Thi is able to come back home and experiences a wave of new responsibilities. ● Starts introducing family members and dynamics, as well as past issues. ● Sisters are introduced through romantic relationships and their parents reactions, includes abandonment of daughter and attempted suicide by mother. ● Parents are reprented by shadows/sillouhettes and are depicted escaping Vietnam on boats. Thi discusses her struggles with finding a balance between being someone’s child, but also another person’s parent. ● Thi, her husband, and child leave New York to go to California with her parents. But she finds that despite being so close physically, there was a lack of emotional connection. ● In addition there were a cultural differences, like how in Vietnam it would be considered normal for parents to live with their children, but in America they were expected to live on their own. ● Thi had met members of her mother’s side of the family, but her father intentionally keeps his a secret, which causes Thi to try to research his background. ● The birth of her and all of her siblings is depicted and the struggles that their mother had to experience, including the loss of some of her children. Part 3: Researcher/Vocabulary Enricher Discuss the 5 key research points and vocabulary words. Find these researched sections and words in the text and discuss how your new knowledge impacts your understanding of these sections. Have the group member(s) who completed the Research/Vocabulary Enricher job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MZwPTydO5wvKczWiKyLSBjj8kjoeESWO8U0vWngzo 8M/edit?usp=sharing Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the researcher/vocabulary enricher’s findings. ● First chapter vocab focuses on the struggles of childbirth, including taking drugs, experiencing pain, etc. ● Second chapter focuses on empty spaces in relationships within the family tree (current generation to parents/parents to grandparents) Part 4: Golden Line Finder Review the golden lines. Have the Golden Line Finder share the page number, and take the time to look at the golden lines in context. Spend some time discussing the meaning of these passages and why they are important. Have the group member(s) who completed the Golden Line Finder job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16lf6fv14YAkGLwrinkbZW8neDIiOzscGdXuVDsjQcM/edit?usp=sharing Here, note two of the passages that stood out the most to you: Golden Line I dont know exactly what it looks like, but I Why did it stand out to you? This Quote shows that there is difference recognize what is not, and now I understand Proximity and closeness are not the same” (31). between proximity and closeness. “And that if I could see Vietnam as a real place and not a simple of something lost I would see my parents as real people and learn to love them better” (36). The author says if she knew Vietnam better, her relationship with herparents will improve. Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the golden lines. ● Having people around us does not mean that were close to them. ● Even though the author is spending alot of time with her parents helping them trying to get closser to them instead she is just learning some parcticll skills like pouring tea and giving presents. ● The author feels a barrier between her and her familly because of her low knolwdge about her home country vietnam ● The author could feel what her parents gone through from hardship and tuff times Part 5: Discussion Director (Mikhail) Have the Discussion Director lead a discussion of this section of the text using the 6 questions they generated. Have the group member(s) who completed the Discussion Director job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. Copy of Discussion Director (Misha) Below, note your key takeaways from the discussion generated by these questions. Question 1: How does the first and second chapters of the book set up the tone of the story? Khaled: They set the emotional and thematic stage by introducing important characters and historical elements. Marcus: Starting off with childbirth and the personal struggles and losses of her family brings in an intense tone to the book. Moayed:The first and second chapters of the book set the tone by introducing characters, settings, and initial events. The tone can vary depending on the book’s genre and themes. Question 2: How would you describe the author’s parents based on the first two chapters? Moayed: The description of the author’s parents in the first two chapters depends on the book’s content, including their personalities and relationships. Marcus: I would say that her parents were very hardened by their past, making the father emotionally distant and the mother depressed. Khaled:the book generally focuses on the complexities of family history and the immigrant experience. Question 3: Do the illustrations in the book help your understanding of the story, and if so, how? Khaled:They can clarify details, set the mood. Moayed: Illustrations in a book can help readers understand the story by providing visual context, depicting scenes, and enhancing the reading experience Marcus: The illustrations bring a lot of emphasis onto the emotions that Bui is trying to convey. Through the facial expressions and exaggeration of some of her experiences, it helps portray what she was feeling at the time. Question 4: How does the family use the word “escape,” and what does it mean to them? Moayed:The meaning of “escape” to the family would depend on the book’s narrative, which could include escaping difficult situations or pursuing dreams. Marcus: “Escape” could refer to physically escaping dangerous situations like wars/conflict in Vietnam, but also from personal struggles, like the loss of a child or suicide. Question 5: How does the AUTHOR describe her parents in the first chapter? Moayed:The author’s description of her parents in the first chapter would be specific to the book’s content, including physical descriptions and character traits. Marcus: Her mother is often depicted as more emotional and caring, while the father remains cold and distant. Question 6: Why do you think there is such a disconnected relationship between the author and her parents? Moayed:The disconnected relationship between the author and her parents could be to generational differences, personal conflicts, or other factors explored in the narrative. Marcus: I think that her parents went through such traumatic and intense experiences, that it causes an emotional barrier to be placed between them. Important Highlights of the Discussion: Book Club 4 Meeting November 13, 2023 Overview: You will be working with your book clubs to share the information you gathered by doing your assigned job and weekly evidence chart while reading your assignment for this week. Please follow the steps below to discuss this reading. NOTE: While you are working together to discuss the text, you should complete this worksheet individually. This is the place for you to take notes on your book club discussion and build ideas for Essay 3. Below, note the book you are reading and which chapters you are discussing today. Book Title Chapters Read The Best We Can Do Chatpers 8-10 Part 1: General Check-In First, take a few minutes to check in with your group and share your thoughts on this section of the book. What did you think about this section? Things you found interesting? Things you found confusing? Share your reaction in the box below. Part 2: Summarizer Review the summary and make sure the Summarizer has covered all the key points. Make adjustments as necessary by adding important information or deleting unnecessary information. Have the group member(s) who completed the summary share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xXOgJPsWymqqq9qEGi5P0h0Lroyzikdje5HbbMqCvPc /edit Below, note your key takeaways from discussing the summary. The author Thi Bui continues to write about her family’s difficult journey of changing to life in the United States. She focuses on their fight to balance a painful past marked by the Vietnam War with the difficulties of fitting in in a new country. These chapters talk about Bui’s own attempts to understand what her parents went through during the war and as refugees afterward, comparing these to her own experiences as a mother. In this part of the book, she talks about the complicated relationships between her family members of different generations and how events in the past and changes in culture have affected these ties. Part 3: Researcher/Vocabulary Enricher Discuss the 5 key research points and vocabulary words. Find these researched sections and words in the text and discuss how your new knowledge impacts your understanding of these sections. Have the group member(s) who completed the Research/Vocabulary Enricher job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the researcher/vocabulary enricher’s findings. Part 4: Golden Line Finder Review the golden lines. Have the Golden Line Finder share the page number, and take the time to look at the golden lines in context. Spend some time discussing the meaning of these passages and why they are important. Have the group member(s) who completed the Golden Line Finder job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16sTuFiojBgEKpjNwk3pummzl3XIPBq9qE6zW9XuB8SY /edit?usp=sharing Here, note two of the passages that stood out the most to you: Golden Line Why did it stand out to you? “The unintentional ones came from their unexorcised demons… …and from the habits they formed over so many years of trying to survive” (Bui 295). While Ma and Bo tried to instill good values into their children and provide them with a good environment, their past scars from their life in Vietnam made it difficult for them to adapt to America. “But when I look at my son, now ten years old, I don’t see war and loss or even Travis and me. I see a new life, bound with mine by coincidence, and I think maybe he can be free” (Bui 328-329). Now with her own family, Bui is able to move past her worries and truly enjoy herself, hopeful for her son’s future. Below, note your key takeaways from your discussion of the golden lines. As Bui experiences the results of past generational trauma from her parents’ past, she not only recognizes that they are a result of their broken pasts, but also ventures into why/how they developed that way. In recognition of this, Bui can now try to provide her son with a better environment and let him be “free”. Part 5: Discussion Director Have the Discussion Director lead a discussion of this section of the text using the 6 questions they generated. Have the group member(s) who completed the Discussion Director job share a link to their document(s). Copy and paste the link in the box below so you can access it as needed. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VFpKqDHBwyf9IQ05XCKkOtkDI2qBK_frAdPSFrIaq6I/e dit?usp=sharing Below, note your key takeaways from the discussion generated by these questions. ● ● ● The author’s family’s American experience both fulfills and subverts their expectations. On the one hand, they are able to achieve the American dream of owning a home and providing a better life for their children. On the other hand, they also face challenges such as racism, cultural discrimination, and the struggle to maintain their sense of identity. The author’s depiction of Pulau Besar challenges our common perceptions of refugee camps. Instead of being portrayed as places of despair and hopelessness, the author shows that refugee camps can also be places of community, resilience, and even hope. The author’s concept of paradise evolves over time, from her childhood fantasies to her more nuanced understanding of adulthood. As she grows older, she realizes that paradise is not a physical place, but a state of being that is characterized by peace, happiness, and love. Summarizer Essay 3 Book Clubs Name Khaled / MO Reading Assignment 8-10 Important Note: Be sure to make a copy of this document to work in. Do not type directly in this document. Overview: Your job is to summarize the reading for your group. Your summary should focus on the important events and main ideas of the chapters you read. Tasks: ● ● You should complete summaries of each chapter you read for this assignment. You can decide if your summary is made up of bullet pointed main ideas or written in paragraph form. Write your summary here: The author Thi Bui continues to write about her family’s difficult journey of changing to life in the United States. She focuses on their fight to balance a painful past marked by the Vietnam War with the difficulties of fitting in in a new country. These chapters talk about Bui’s own attempts to understand what her parents went through during the war and as refugees afterward, comparing these to her own experiences as a mother. In this part of the book, she talks about the complicated relationships between her family members of different generations and how events in the past and changes in culture have affected these ties.
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