“By Any Other Name” By: Santha Rama Rau.

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“By Any Other Name” By: Santha Rama Rau

Learning Target: Analyze cultural elements in a memoir in order to understand how cultural identity is central to the meaning of a work Mahatma Gandi http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi- 9305898#synopsis

Answer questions 1 and 2 under BEFORE READING on page 34 Read and annotate, “By Any Other Name” pages 35-39. Make sure that you answer all of the KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS questions on the side of the memoir. Focus on marking the text for answers to the following questions: What cultural elements are described that reveal a sense of the narrator’s cultural identity? What are the reasons for the conflict? How are the conflicts resolved? For Homework: Answer questions 4-6 as well as CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING on page 40