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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-5)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss Mr. Kermit's teaching style, and how it has changed in the 30 years he has been teaching. When Mr. Kermit started teaching he found it exciting to start a new year and have new students to teach. Now teaching has become "a bad joke" (17).
Lesson
Class Discussion: What does Mr. Kermit remember about the first day of school when he was a new teacher? How did he enjoy working with the students? How was teaching back then a mission? How did teaching become an impossible mission? Who was Jake Terranova? How did he cheat and help other students cheat? How was Mr. Kermit blamed for the incident? How did that affect his career and his love for teaching? How did teaching become "a bad joke" (17)? How did he start reacting when students did not wish to learn? How did...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 11-12.3(d)
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