Impact Issues - Teacher's Notes

Impact Issues Teacher's Notes
Lesson 8 – Family Harmony

Comprehension questions:

1. What is the relationship between Mae and Chew? (brother and sister)
2. What does Chew want to do? (send his daughter to a private school)
3. Who is Wai? (Mae’s daughter)
4. Can Mae’s daughter go to a private school? (no)
5. Why can’t she go to a private school? (not enough money)
6. Do Mae and her husband have good jobs? (yes)
7. Why don’t they have enough money? (they just bought a house)
8. Who is Shu-Ling? (Chew’s daughter/Wai’s cousin)
9. Why will Wai want to go to the same school as Shu-Ling? (they are close)
10. Why is it good for Wai and Shu-Ling to go to the same school? (go on trips together, in the same classes, go to school together, do homework together)
11. Is Chew worried about Wai’s feelings if Shu-Ling is sent to a private school? (no, he thinks she’ll get over it)
    

Opinion questions (all followed by why/why not?):

How important is keeping your family members’ happy?
Would you change jobs without asking about your family’s feelings?
Would you move without asking about their feelings?
What decisions do you make which consider your family’s feelings?

Homework:

Write an essay about which decisions should/should not be affected by family concerns.

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