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China’s Gifts 3.6.2 to the World CAUSE AND EFFECT GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS SUMMARY This book describes the art and R EAD TH E BOO K culture of China. It focuses on the ancient art SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose for of calligraphy, describing the process by which reading China’s Gifts to the World. Students’ calligraphers make their own ink and study interest and curiosity about China and the how to make the 50,000 characters in the Chinese language can guide this purpose. As Chinese written language. students read, suggest that they take down LESSON VOCABULARY notes that might provide answers to any bristles dialects questions they have about the subject. diverse expedition STRATEGY SUPPORT: GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS flourished ingredient To give students more support in learning to inspiration literate summarize and organize what they read, help muffled techniques them apply a graphic organizer to reading this translation book. For instance, draw attention to the chart on page 23. Ask students how it helps to make INTRO D UCE TH E BOO K the Chinese character clear. INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Introduce COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS students to the title and the author of the PAGE 5 How was China kept isolated from book. Ask students what kind of information the rest of the world for so many years? they think this book will provide, based on the (It is surrounded by tall mountains and huge title. deserts.) BUILD BACKGROUND Discuss with students PAGE 11 Read the poem by Li Po. What feeling what they know about China. What do they does this poem give you? (peaceful, calm, know about the art of calligraphy? Ask happy) students if they ever studied an art form (music, drawing) that required lots of practice. PAGE 15 Look at the table. Why is it important to make all the ink you will need at one time? PREVIEW/USE ILLUSTRATIONS AND CAPTIONS (It is difficult to make two batches of ink that Suggest students skim the text and look at are exactly the same color.) the illustrations and captions. Ask students what clues these elements give them as to PAGE 17 Do you think it takes longer to learn what this book might be about. our 26-letter alphabet, or 7,000 Chinese characters? (longer to learn the Chinese Ask students to look at the historical characters since they need more practice) map on page 4. Have them trace the trade routes and identify the countries that the routes passed through. 116 China’s Gifts to the World

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