Day 4

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Chapter 19 through Chapter 24.

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Chapters 19-21

In Chapter 19, Audre returns home to New York for her father’s funeral. Everyone in her family grieves in different ways. Audre struggles with feelings of grief and feeling like her childhood home is still a hostile environment. When she returns to work at...

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