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Body of Evidence Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. What is the role of culture in understanding body language?. Scenarios: What is the difference?.
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Body of EvidenceSnow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson What is the role of culture in understanding body language?
Scenarios: What is the difference? • A student comes to you, the teacher, with a problem. You both sit down, and as the student begins telling you about the problem, you pick p a pen and shuffle through papers that need to be graded. • A student comes to you, the teacher, with a problem. You both sit down, and as the student begins telling you about the problem, you turn your chair towards the student, lean towards him or her, and nod as he or she speaks. Class Activity
Close Reading of First Paragraph • Where do you see the Culture Clash? • Identify his body language as positive or negative from both Western cultural and Japanese cultural standards. Pull out text based examples.
Evidence: through page 27 • What evidence is revealed? • What new characters are introduced?