Difficulties with brain injuries still continue today. After reading Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science, class members read a series of modern personal essays about brain injuries and choose an essay to compare to Phineas Gage's story.

Concepts

phineas gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science, phineas gage, john fleischman, compare and contrast, the brain, text-to-text connections

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Take the assignment a step farther and have learners write a paragraph describing the similarities and differences after they complete the Venn diagram

Classroom Considerations

• Some of the essays linked in the resource cover sensitive topics that may prove to be troubling for pupils

Pros

• See the materials for a Venn diagram that your learners can use

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.1 RI.6.2 RI.6.3 RI.6.9 RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.7.9 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.8.9 W.6.9.a W.7.9.a W.8.9.a