Write & Share: Initial reactions to the text?
Group work: groups work alone for 5-7 minutes to discuss and refine discussion questions and then share out on board. Each group puts up best two. Class assesses all questions (look for diversity) and then choose favorites to discuss. Group that wrote question facilitates discussion.
Some discussion questions: (25)
- Let student questions drive discussion … questions below are for follow-up or deeper thinking
- What are the consequences of striving for the American Dream?
- What are some of the versions of the American Dream set up in the opening chapters of GoS?
- How is Bonds characterized at the start of the story? What does this foreshadow? Is this an open and fair characterization?
- How do we see people working in conflict with Am Dream? Striving for it? Sacrificing for it?
To watch: Tenth Inning → 40 mins
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