The Happiest Refugee - close textual analysis

This worksheet focuses on a close study of two extracts from Anh Do’s autobiography The Happiest Refugee. Students are led through a step-by-step process, finding key techniques in the extract, considering the key ideas and then writing an analytical paragraph in response to the focus question at the top of the worksheet. The two extracts are graded in difficulty, with Extract A more suitable for proficient students and Extract B including more scaffolding and more accessible techniques.

This worksheet uses the TEEEL structure (Topic, Expand, Example, Explain, Link) but would be easily adapted to any similar paragraph structure (PEE, PEEL, IDEAL etc).

Note that the extracts have been removed from this resource for copyright reasons, but can be easily added, or the worksheet condensed to work alongside hard copies of the autobiography. Clear references to the extracts are included to allow you to find these easily.