Relationships between characters generate energy that propels the plot and connects events with a central idea. Track character development and meaningful relationships with a literary analysis instructional activity focused on H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights excerpt. As high schoolers read through the dramatic turns of the selected chapter, they track the central idea and write about its development through Don and Charlie's relationship.

Concepts

reading comprehension, literary analysis, character development, textual evidence, central ideas

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use during football season at your school to engage learners
• Show parts of the movie or TV show as they become relevant to the excerpts you are teaching

Classroom Considerations

• Contains the Photo Activity Tool and a model version of the Central Idea Tracking Tool; locate the other resources in previous lessons
• The twelfth lesson in a 14-part series; only the final five lessons refer to the selected text

Pros

• Emphasizes close reading and the importance of text structure
• Appeals to avid readers and football lovers alike

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 L.9-10.2.a L.9-10.5.a