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Parrot in the Oven: Anticipation Guide Lesson PlanParrot in the Oven: Anticipation Guide Lesson Plan
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Grade
6th - 9th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2009
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Parrot in the Oven: Anticipation Guide

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Get readers thinking about the major themes in Victor Martinez's award-winning novel, Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida by asking them to agree or disagree with the prompts on an anticipation guide and to discuss their responses with class members.

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Concepts

gangs, discrimination

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • The strategy may be used with any text

Classroom Considerations

  • The first in a series of 12 resources that use Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida as an anchor text
  • The activity assumes a safe classroom environment has been established for conversations of this sort

Pros

  • Step-by-step directions for creating an anticipation guide, as well as a model guide are included

Cons

  • None

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