Wednesday, January 19, 2011.


1) Copy notes:

a) Wakatsuki family moves from Ocean Park, CA, an all Caucasian neighborhood to

b) Terminal Island, populated exclusively by recent Japanese immigrants, uneducated and speaking only Japanese. Jeanne and Kiyo were bullied in this place.

c) All Japanese families are evacuated from Terminal Island due to its proximity to the Long Beach Naval Station.

d) From Terminal Island, the family moves to Boyle Heights, a L.A. Downtown ghetto neighborhood, where Jeanne first encounters racial prejudice from her second grade teacher.

e) From Boyle Heights the family is finally bused to Manzanar, an all-Japanese internment camp.

TERMS: Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish.

The Japanese internees' motto was "Shigata ga nai" which means It cannot be helped. / It must be done.


2. Read silently Farewell... Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5. Most students read through chapters 3/4.
If you were absent, try Googling "Farewell to Manzanar" to access novel online.
3. Farewell... Chapters 1-2 focus question handout was passed out.

REMINDER: Study the words from your Farewell... Glossary (continued) handout, reverse side of last week's words.