English B1A CLASS PACK - Bakersfield College

THE JUNGLE CHAPTERS I-IIIGROUP 1Directions:1. In a small group of 3-4 students, find the passage indicated in your book. Reread the passage.Then answer the question about the passage. You may want to divide the questions up amongyour group members.PASSAGE page 13, beginning of 1 st full paragraphOf these older people many wear clothing reminiscent in some detail of home--anembroidered waistcoat or stomacher, or a gaily colored handkerchief, or a coat withlarge cuffs and fancy buttons. All these things are carefully avoided by the young, most ofwhom have learned to speak English and to affect the latest style of clothing.QUESTIONSHow and why is the experience of the older generation different than the young? In otherwords, why do the older ones hold on to their traditions of clothing, music, etc., while theyounger ones tend to assimilate more into American culture? Compare this withimmigrants and their families today.YOUR ANSWER______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Later, you will read your passage, question, and answer to the whole class.3. As you listen to other groups’ passage, find the passage and mark it in your book. Jot down afew notes either in your book or in your notebook about what they say about the passage. (If youdon’t like to write in your book, you could fill your book with post-it notes and write on those.)61