Laogai - Part 2

Aim: IWBAT prepare a factual summary with relevant facts from a newspaper article about the Chinese laogai, in order to present to a small discussion group in class tomorrow.

Tasks:

1. Do Now: punctuation in sentences (quiz on Wednesday!)

• learn/review: read about (and view examples of) punctuation errors
• practice: forming compound sentences with commas and coordinating conjunctions
• practice: forming compound sentences with semicolons
• practice: correcting comma splices and fused sentences (run-ons)
• practice: forming complex sentences
• practice: mixed review
• practice: identifying comma splices, fragments, and correct complex sentences
• review: Monday's Do Now / Tuesday's Do Now / Wednesday's Do Now

2. Homework Check

3. Read Chu Ju's House Chapters 9-10: pp. 165-197

4. Read a Newspaper Article: Read a newspaper article of your choice (A, B, C, D, or E) about the Chinese laogai: Click Here

• While reading, highlight or underline the most important parts.
• Annotate by adding a ! next to surprising information and a ? where you have questions.

5. Meet with Expert Group: Meet with your expert group, teammates who are reading and analyzing the same article. In your expert groups, you will complete the following on your classwork sheet:

• Summarize what the article is about
• Identify the most important facts of the article
• Classify facts from the article as giving information about China, the laogai system, or conditions in the reeducation centers

Learn More About the Laogai:

• read the Laogai fact sheet
• read additional newspaper articles about the laogai
• explore the Laogai Museum's website
• watch a video about prison slave labor in the laogai
• watch a video with an overview of the laogai and a virtual tour of the Laogai Museum
• watch a video about China's failure to reform the reeducation centers
• watch a video with footage from a labor camp in China
• watch a video in which Chinese citizens speak out against China's forced labor system
• watch a video about one former prisoner's story about his reeducation center experience
• watch a video about a woman finding a hidden letter from a Chinese labor camp

Homework: "Lost in a Blizzard"