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Flowers for Algernon: RAFT

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Should Charlie undergo an operation to increase his intelligence? A mini-lesson for a unit on Daniel Keyes novel Flowers for Algernon uses a RAFT activity, which prompts students to write a letter to Charlie's doctors explaining why they should or should not have performed the operation. This lesson has a very simple structure: teacher model, partner share/brainstorm, individual writing time, and final whole class discussion.

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characterization, characters, flowers for algernon, daniel keyes, literature, point of view

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characterization, Narrative Writing, English, flowers for algernon, Modeling, point of view, daniel keyes, raft, whole class discussion, literature, english language arts
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2012
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