In this section, you are going to watch a video and use a different kind of annotation to help you make a connection to the first text, “Fish Cheeks.”

A photograph of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

Using a double-entry journal

The graphic organizer below is a double-entry journal. On your own paper, make a chart similar to the one you see below. You will enter your observations about the video “The Sandwich Swap” on the left, and you will record the evidence that supports your observation on the right. See the example below:

Observation	Evidence
Lily and Selma eat very different sandwiches that are representative of their respective cultures.	The video shows Lily eating PB&J, while Selma eats hummus and pita.

A colorful drawing of a cafeteria with the lunch lady and students

As you watch the video, pay particular attention to the similarities you see to Amy Tan’s “Fish Cheeks.” You may also want to consider these questions as you watch the video:

How is Lily a little bit like Robert in “Fish Cheeks”?
In “Fish Cheeks,” how are the narrator’s feelings toward her mother and father different from the girls’ feelings toward their parents in the video?
In the video, how do the girls solve their problem with unfamiliar food?
What are similar main ideas in the text and the video?

When you are finished watching and noting in your journal, check your understanding by comparing your notes to the journal entries below the video.

Here are some notes for the video “The Sandwich Swap.”

Observations	Evidence
Both Lily and Selma think the other’s sandwich is yukky.	We see the thought bubbles of both girls with the words Ew and Yukky.
Lily hurts Selma’s feelings and their friendship.	Selma thinks of her mother fixing her sandwich that morning; she realizes her mother loves her very much, so she is hurt that Lily made fun of her sandwich. They don’t play together that day.
Their anger with each other spills over to their other friends.	There is a food fight in the cafeteria.
They figure out a way to make the situation better.	They clean up the cafeteria and suggest that the school have a day where everyone shares foods from other cultures.
Both the text and the video are about the idea that foods from different cultures, which might be unfamiliar, can be the reason for misunderstandings.	Neither girl had ever tasted the other’s sandwich, and each thought that they were strange and unfamiliar.

In the next section, you are going to use the annotations from each selection to complete an activity.

Images used in this section:
Source: Katherne Hitt 2010
Source: Christopher Tassava 2010