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Considering a Character’s Relationship with Others: Contrasting Ha and Her Brothers Lesson PlanConsidering a Character’s Relationship with Others: Contrasting Ha and Her Brothers Lesson Plan
Publisher
EngageNY
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Grade
8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2014
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Considering a Character’s Relationship with Others: Contrasting Ha and Her Brothers

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Who is Ha? Scholars look closely at the poem Papaya Tree and carefully examine the character Ha. Learners work in groups to create an anchor chart defining Ha's character. They also answer text-dependent questions to help with comprehension.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

character analysis, characters, textual evidence

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Give each pupil in the group a different color marker to easily track everyone's involvement in the anchor chart

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires a picture of a papaya tree 
  • Lesson four of the 14-part Grade 8 ELA Module 1, Unit 1 series
  • Teachers must provide chart paper and markers

Pros

  • Provides answers to questions
  • It gives a clear layout of the lesson with an agenda

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.8.1 RL.8.3 RL.8.4 SL.8.1.a

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