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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 8 Lesson PlanGrade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 8 Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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10th
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2015
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Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 8

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Prepare for a mid-unit assessment based on Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club with a brainstorming and discussion lesson plan. Focused on two chapters from the novel ("Rules of the Game" and "Two Kinds"), the lesson plan guides tenth graders through the preparation process for a writing prompt about either Jing-Mei or Waverly.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

the joy luck club, amy tan, reading comprehension, literary analysis, character development, central ideas, literary themes

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Allow learners to bring brainstorming materials or first drafts to the next unit's assessment
  • Use the discussion questions in literature circles for small groups

Classroom Considerations

  • The eighth lesson in a 14-part unit
  • Provides a model tracking log; a blank version is available in the previous lessons or the attached complete unit file

Pros

  • Encourages classmates to track character development as it relates to the central ideas of the novel
  • Comes with multiple file versions of auxiliary materials, as well as the complete unit and full module files

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 W.9-10.9.a L.9-10.1.a L.9-10.1.b

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