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Lesson 1 (from Quote and Chapters 1, WE WANTED MORE - Chapter 4, SEVEN)
Objective
Students will hypothesize the significance of the Quote at the start of the novel and what it implies about gender expectations. An author may choose to use a certain perspective, even if it is one-sided, in order to give context to a narratives' specific and penetrating theme.
The Plato Quote presented at the start of the novel is about the general ways that boys conduct themselves. It is a suggestive and stereotypical representation of boys but matches the demeanor of the brothers. The Quote ends with a proposal of how boys need to be treated and why this is an important way of approaching young boys and their wayward ways.
Lesson
Do Now: There are societal ideas about how girls and boys "should" traditionally act. Parents may raise their children differently according to these constructed understandings. What differences are there about boys and girls in relation...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.4, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1(a), 11-12.1(a)
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