Lesson 18
Objectives: Students will complete one of the assignments below in a small group and present their charted ideas to the class.
Aim: Why are adaptation and alienation still big issues in the real world?
Agenda
- Assign the task to each group
- Small group work together to respond to the prompt
- Small group present to the class using info on the chart paper
- Quick Write
Learning Sequence:
- Assign each group a task or group pick a task
- Each group will visit the website and read the text before responding to the prompt
- In the small group share notes and respond to the prompt.
- Each group writes their ideas on a chart paper. Remember to use key vocabulary and terminology in your writing (Voc. handout).
- Each group will present idea to the class.
Task: In order to complete the group project, students will do the following-
Option 1: Read the text about Native American boarding schools (http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/history/boarding.htmland compare “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” with Native American boarding schools. Find comparisons between the treatment of Native Americans and St. Lucy’s students and how both groups react to their new surroundings.
Option 2: Select a true account of an immigrant from the LOC site below. Find parallels between the assimilation of the girls at St. Lucy’s and immigrants to America. See the URL below for the Library of Congress’s collection of immigrant stories.
Quick Write: How did the close reading change your understanding of the story? What parts of the story were more developed for you?