UNIT 1 Book Club Script Book Club Script | 3H Book Club Script: Honoring Our Ancestors SOPHIA: Why does group work always have to be so awkward?! DISHI: I know! ... Let’s play a game! AMIRA: Wait. No! We have to finish this work! DISHI: This game will help us work better. It’s called “Two Truths and a Lie.” JAMES: I know that game! You have to say three things about yourself—two that are true and one that isn’t! DISHI: And everyone has to guess which thing is the lie. SOPHIA: Sounds fun! I’ll start. AMIRA: Fine. What are your two truths and a lie? SOPHIA: Um ... I don’t have a middle name ... My grandparents are from Mexico ... and ... I have an iguana. AMIRA: That’s a lie about the iguana. SOPHIA: How’d you guess? AMIRA: I was at your house last week! SOPHIA: Oh. Right. JAMES: Me next! I was born in Haiti ... I hate pizza ... and I have two dogs. DISHI: You don’t hate pizza! I’ve seen you try to shove a whole pie in your mouth. AMIRA: All this talk about our families reminds me of one of the memoirs we read last night: My Ancestors. Stephen Von Mason wrote about his great-great-great grandfather, his uncle, and his dad. JAMES: They were pretty inspiring. AMIRA: That seemed to be the central idea of the story. Von Mason wanted us to know that his ancestors were all pioneers, in their own ways. SOPHIA: That’s why he made that painting — to honor them all. His great-great-great grandfather was one of the first people to live in Knoxville, Tennessee! JAMES: His dad, an amazing pilot, is in the painting, too. AMIRA: That all seems to be like more evidence supporting the idea that his ancestors were inspiring. DISHI: I noticed that some of the other memoirs were about people doing things for the first time--like Nancy Hom, who wrote about her father coming from China. SOPHIA: He had to be brave, coming to America even though he was scared. DISHI: I’m not from another country, but I remember feeling scared like that on the first day of school. I was shaking. JAMES: Me, too … just a little. SOPHIA: Another story that inspired me is the one by Helen Zughaib. Her grandmother in Lebanon got an education at a time when not many women did. AMIRA: That’s the story where the grandmother advised—and I quote,—“Put education in your heart, not boys.” JAMES: So ... which memoir inspired you? And is there one central idea that applies to all the memoirs? OK, it’s lunchtime! Who else wants pizza? SOPHIA: Me! I’m craving...
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