Description
Students participate in research activities, close reading, character analysis, reader response activities, journaling, interpretation of style and structure, and theme analysis.Supplementary materials include a reading guide with suggested responses, character quiz and objective test with answer keys, and an essay test. This unit includes 12 Lesson Plans / 26 Handouts / 84 Pages, aligned toCommon Core standards, grades 9-12, high school.span style=”font-size: large;”Literary/spanAmerican Novelspan style=”font-size: large;”21st-Century Skills/spanCollaborationCritical thinkingSocial and cross-cultural skillsProductivity and accountabilityLeadership and responsibilityspan style=”font-size: large;”Overview/spanThe They Carried/emis a contemporary masterpiece that tells stories of the fictional Alpha Company during the Vietnam conflict. It is a novel derived from the author’s own experiences and woven together in an impressionistic style. Through numerous vignettes and a single narrative viewpoint, readers are immersed in the confusion of war and the ambiguities of life and death both in battle and in the aftermath.span style=”color: #ff0000;”Check out the Additional Info Section for the Common Core English Language Arts Standards./span br br span style=”color: #ff0000;”There is a downloadable version of this product. If wish to purchase the downloadable version add it to your cart. You will be emailed a link to download the file after you’ve checked out.An email address is required for all downloads./span
