Unit: Hero Essay Date: September 5, 2013 Lesson Objectives & Speci ic Learnin!

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Class set of A Long Way from Chicago 8roce("res=/nstr"ctiona* Strate!ies: /1 Steps >;0 min? 8*ot (ia!ram, t6e *ast c6apter o t6e boo2, an( t6eme ". 'a e students partner up and write down the con(lict(s&) clima*(es&) and resolution(s& o( Ch. + (,Centennial -ummer.& /. Make a story map on the (ront board0 discuss the rising and (alling action0 discuss how the resolution links to the con(licts 1. 2ead Ch. 3 together (/ pages long0 we will go around the classroom and ha e each person read " sentence& 4. 5iscuss themes & make a list on the o( the themes o( 6 7ong 8ay: 9:ntroduce the term ,bildungsroman. and talk about ,coming o( age. as a theme 96ppearance s. reality (character o( ;randma0 she doesn<t always say how

she (eels0 we ha e to look at her actions to understand who she is& 9=amily 9'eroism 9 ,2ight. s. ,8rong. 51 :o(e* or t6e c*ass c6oosin! a son! or ,61 @ '3&6e &roop &rain,4 t6e *ast c6apter in t6e boo2+ My song: ,:<ll >e -eeing ?ou. by >illie 'oliday ?outube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch? !"e#k$$gM%hs @*plain my choice to the class: In Ch. 8, we are given a flash forward to Joey Dowdel when he is grown up and heading off to enlist in World War II. He is on a train, passing by Grandma Dowdel s house, but the train is not going to stop. Grandma !nows that he is "oming, so she turns on every light in the house and waits on her front por"h for the train to pass by. When she sees it, she waves. #rom inside the train, Joey waves ba"!. $either of these "hara"ters have said that they %love& ea"h other. However, their a"tions tell us that they have a deep sense of affe"tion for one another ' as many grandparents and grand"hildren do. I pi"!ed this song be"ause I thin! it refle"ts a similar sentiment as the one at the end of Ch. 8. (he singer tal!s about remembering and, hopefully, seeing a person they "are about deeply. It was also )uite popular during WWII, as many family members were sent to war and missed their families. *et s listen to it together. +fterwards, I want you to tell me what you thin! ' whether it s an appropriate pi"! for this "hapter and boo!, what the mood of the song is, what other "onne"tions you "an ma!e between it and + *ong Way from Chi"ago. Alay song (or the class and discuss how it relates to the story. //1 ,*os"re >2 min? Set t6em to tas2 A *oo2in! or son!s t6at re*ate to t6e boo2 :et6o(s o Eva*"ation: ((or e aluating the speci(ic objecti es listed abo e& Student-generated plot diagram of Ch. 7 Student soundtracks Discussion of theme Discussion of my song choice /n retrospect: (re(lecti e notes (ollowing my instruction& :ateria*s %ppen(i5:

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