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- Lesson Plans: "The Story of an Hour" Grade 8 (.html)
- Introduction (.pdf)
- Teacher's Guide - All Lessons (.pdf)
- Scaffolding for Middle School ELLs: The Story of an Hour
- Student Charts - All Lessons (.pdf)
- Student Charts - Lesson 4 (.pdf)
- Writing a Summary (.pptx)
- Writing a Summary (.pdf)
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Learning how to summarize can be a challenge. Guide your writers through the process of summarizing a story using the children's tale; I Want My Hat Back for practice. Class members then use this "Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then" strategy to craft their summary of "The Story of an Hour."
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Instructional Ideas
- Use other children's stories for groups to practice the "Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then" strategy before tackling Chopin's short story
Classroom Considerations
- Requires a copy of Jon Klassen's picture book, I Want My Hat Back, copies of the worksheet and projection equipment for the slide show are also required
- The fourth of six lessons in the unit
Pros
- The slides include notes for instructors
- The lesson is carefully scaffolded and richly detailed
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- None