Chapter nine of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath provides the text for an exercise that asks readers to think deeply about the items the Joads left behind and what these items might represent.

Concepts

reading comprehension strategies, john steinbeck, the grapes of wrath

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Project images for Dorothea Lange's Migrant Farm Families

Classroom Considerations

• The activity assumes class members are familiar with the three different types of questions found in QAR exercises

Pros

• The packet includes a rationale for the strategy, model questions, and a drawing activity

Cons

• None