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Teaching Why I Learned to Cook

Why I Learned to Cook

Yasi has dinner at her grandma's house every Friday night and her girlfriend wants to be invited.

Sara Farizan
“Why I Learned to Cook.” Text copyright © 2018 by Sara Farizan. Reprinted by permission of Writers House LLC acting as agent for the author.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Why should you never apologize for who you are?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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