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ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
Objectives Studying this lesson will enable students to
• recognize the importance of mentors .
• read , interpret , analyze , and evaluate a memoir about a teacher ’ s effect on her student .
Prepare • write a one-page outline for and the a School Year with historical events the that influenced Right this memoir Resources
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SET PURPOSE
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• answering Full correlations multiple-choice to and the Common Core Gage State ’ s memoir Standards . Distinguish the are most available important from in the the less important Teacher details ’ s Edition eBook
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Point-of-use questions standards about the and events that the author included in his memoir . Consider these questions : correlations are also available in the Teacher ’ s Edition eBook selection .
How did these events change his life ? How did Miss Hurd ’ s instructions to write
• Text Complexity and Lexile scores included about what in happened Scope to his & family Sequence in Greece change and his prereading life ? Consider these have EMC
seen Mirrors
about & teachers Windows ,
who Correlation
made to a difference Common — Core for State example Standards , Stand , Grade and 9 Deliver , Dangerous Minds , or Freedom
English Language Arts Standards , Grades 9 – 10
EMC Pages That Cover the
Writers . Ask students to answer Standards these questions
Reading Standards
: Who for Literature
is someone who has
Key Ideas and Details taught RL . 1 . Cite strong you and thorough something textual evidence to support analysis of important what the text ? says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text .
How did that person make a difference development your over the course life of the text ?, including how it emerges and is 821 ,
759 , 761 , 763 , 784 , 786 , 788
RL . 2 . Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its
943 shaped and refi ned by specifi c details ; provide an objective summary of the text .
RL . 3 . Analyze how complex characters ( e . g ., those with multiple or confl icting motivations ) develop over the course of a text , interact with other characters , and advance the plot or develop the theme .
Craft and Structure
RL . 4 . Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text , including fi gurative and connotative meanings ; analyze the cumulative impact of specifi c word choices on meaning and tone ( e . g ., how the language evokes a sense of time and place ; how it sets a formal or informal tone ).
RL . 6 . Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience refl ected in a work of literature from outside the United States , drawing on a wide reading of world literature .
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL . 7 . Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums , including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment ( e . g ., Auden ’ s “ Musée des Beaux Arts ” and Breughel ’ s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus ).
RL . 8 . Delineate and evaluate the argument and specifi c claims in a text , including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and suffi ciency of the evidence .
RL . 9 . Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specifi c work ( e . g ., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare ).
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GUIDE about the selection ?
Reader ’ s Context The author makes the statement , “ For the first time I began to understand the power of the written word .” What does the “ power of the written word ” mean to you ? What do you think gives the written word its power ?
GUIDED READING
Words in Use
Preview Selection Vocabulary Words authoritarian , 215 refugee , 215
Vocabulary
Common Core State Standards askance , 216 steely , 216 mentor , 216 honed , 216
Reading Literature formidable , 216 ravine , 217
RL authoritarian . 2 mortify , 215
, 217 tact , 217
Reading Informational RI . 1 , RI . 10
Writing askance , 216
W . 3 , W . 7
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mentor , 216
Changed My Life ,” use a graphic organizer like the one below to summarize each part of the selection .
Mirrors & Windows
Topic : Finding your talents
ANALYZE LITERATURE : Memoir
Introduction : Nicholas Gage , a A memoir is a type of autobiography that focuses on
• define memoir and recognize the young Greek refugee , arrives in one incident or period in the writer ’ s life . Memoirs are type of writing .
America with his sisters . often based on writers ’ reactions to historical events .
• summarize a piece of writing . Read Meet the Author to begin to understand the
Body :
brief narrative essay .
• create an advertising campaign
• practice reading assessment by
Launch the Lesson Briefly discuss movies students may
Refer to the Language Arts Handbook 1.3 , Using Reading Skills , for RL . 5 additional . Analyze how an author ’ s choices concerning instruction how to structure a text , order on summarizing
events within it ( e . g ., parallel plots ), and manipulate time ( e . g ., pacing , fl ashbacks ) create such effects as mystery , tension , or surprise .
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Common Core State Standards
Reading Literature RL . 2
Reading Informational RI . 1 , RI . 10
Writing W . 3 , W . 7
As you read , think about the historical events that are the backdrop of Gage ’ s memoir . As you read , think about the historical events that are the backdrop of
questions : How did these events change his life ? How did Miss Hurd ’ s instructions to “ write about what happened to your family in Greece ” change his life ?
MEET THE AUTHOR
Nicholas Gage ( b . 1939 ), born Nikos Gatzoyiannis , lived in a small village in Greece . His mother , Eleni , was killed for sending him and his sisters to join their father in America . With the encouragement of his junior-high teacher , Miss Hurd , he received a scholarship to Boston University and later graduated from
Conclusion :
PREVIEW VOCABULARY
Try to unlock the meanings of the underlined vocabulary words using the context clues in the sentences . 1 . An authoritarian person gives orders and is unwilling to hear criticism .
2 . Showing their disapproval , the unfriendly students looked askance at the newcomer .
3 . By providing guidance and protection , a mentor takes you under his wing .
4 . I ’ d expected my new boss to be formidable , but she was easygoing and supportive .
5 . Although the attention mortified him at first , Jamel soon got over his embarrassment .
KEY TERMS
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• College and Career Readiness
COMPARE , 218
Curriculum CONTRAST Guide , 218
• Lesson NARRATIVE Plans ESSAY with , 219 Text Complexity Ranges
MULTIMEDIA , 219 and Lexile scores
PROPAGANDA , 219
• Alternative Teaching Options
• Evaluation Guidelines
Nicholas Gage and his tea
The person who in the new land refugee — who , in fa the path that would received in America no-nonsense school Hurd . When I enter had been to six scho the Greek village wh
When I stepped
Preview the Selection The Teacher Who Changed My Life
11 , 21 , 22 , 42 , 54 , 66 , 80 , 98 , 104 , 118 , 128 , 130 ,
A Memoir by Nicholas At a Glance
the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism .
143 , 150 , 192 – 197 , 359 , 365 , 369 , 389 , 396 , 403 , Gage 407 , 409 , 417 , 422 , 429 , 433 , 437 , 497 , 531 , 553 ,
Guided Reading BUILD BACKGROUND
USE READING SKILLS 581 , 597 , 614 , 618 , 667 , 674 , 684 , 704 , 733 , 737 ,
• Reading Level : Moderate Literary Gage Context “ The Teacher moved Who Changed My to Life ” is Athens a memoir , or Summarize , Greece The ability to , to become a foreign correspondent memoir gives a clue to its meaning for : Gage examines the memorable New expe- in your York own words , is Times impor- but later quit and began
• Difficulty Considerations : brief autobiography . In the memoir , Gage doesn ’ t discuss everything that has summarize a piece of writing ,
Unfamiliar Greek cultural / political happened to him so far . Instead , he focuses on a significant event in his life . or recap its main ideas or events
3 , 136 – 137 , 138 , 150 , 152 – 153 , 214 , 502 , 820 – references
The word
• Ease Factors : Point of view ; dialogue ; humor ; familiar setting helped shape his life . The title of the memoir indicates that Gage is describing experience . As you read the
riences in his childhood and early adulthood and explains how these events tant to a successful reading
a teacher who influenced him . What do the words “ changed my life ” suggest excerpt from “ The Teacher Who about searching the selection ? for information Changed My Life about ,” use a graphic his mother . His experiences
Objectives organizer like the one below
Reader ’ s Context The author makes statement , “ For the first time I 3 , 68 – 69 , 136 – 137 , 153
Studying this lesson will enable students to selection .
to summarize each part of the began to understand the power of written word .” What does the “ power of the written became word ” mean to you ? What the do you think basis gives the written word for its his book Eleni ( 1983 ). Gage , the
• recognize the importance of mentors . power ?
Topic : Finding your talents
• read , interpret , analyze , and evaluate a memoir about a teacher ’ s
ANALYZE author LITERATURE of : Memoir a number of other books , has received several effect on her student .
Introduction : Nicholas Gage , a A memoir is a type of autobiography that focuses on
• define memoir and recognize the young Greek refugee , arrives in
44 – 45 , 132 – 133 , 207 , 208 , 210 , 211 , 282 – 283 , one incident period in the writer ’ s life . Memoirs are type of writing . America with his sisters .
355 , 361 , 418 – 419 , 742 , 944 , 951 awards often based for on writers ’ reactions his to historical works events . .
• summarize a piece of writing . Read Meet the Author to begin to understand the
Body :
• write a one-page outline and a historical events that influenced this memoir . brief narrative essay . Conclusion :
• create an advertising campaign SET PURPOSE
13 , 14 , 16 , 21 , 268 , 412 – 413 , 420 , 712 , 939 – 940 and research propaganda .
As you read , think about the historical events that are the backdrop of Gage ’ s
• practice reading assessment by memoir . As you read , think about the historical events that are the backdrop of
214 answering multiple-choice UNIT and 2 NONFICTION Gage ’ s memoir . Distinguish the most important from the less important details PREVIEW VOCABULARY short-answer questions about the and events that the author included in his memoir . Consider these questions : Try to unlock the meanings of How did these events change his life ? How did Miss Hurd ’ s instructions to write
82 – 98 , 88 , 276 – 281 , 434 – 437 , 490 – 497 , 498 – selection . the underlined vocabulary words about what happened to his family in Greece change his life ? Consider these
619 , 663 – 667 , 670 – 675 , 678 – 685 , 690 – 695 , using the context clues in the questions : How did these events change his life ? How did Miss Hurd ’ s instructions to “ write about what happened to your family in Greece ” change his life ? 1 . An authoritarian person gives
sentences . 708 – 709 , 710 – 711 , 712 – 733 , 734 – 737 , 742 – 759 ,
Launch the Lesson
762 – 763 , 764 – 786 , 787 – 788 , 792 – 797 Briefly discuss movies students may orders and is unwilling to have seen about teachers who made MEET THE AUTHOR hear criticism . a difference — for example , Stand and
Nicholas Gage ( b . 1939 ), born Nikos Gatzoyiannis , lived in a small village in 2 . Showing their disapproval , Greece . His mother , Eleni , was killed for sending him and his the unfriendly students looked
Deliver , Dangerous Minds , or Freedom sisters to join their father in America . With the encouragement of his junior-high teacher , Miss Hurd , he received a 3 . By providing guidance and
askance at the newcomer . 33 , 65 , 145 , 163 , 177 , 317 , 393 , 417 , 427 , 450 ,
Writers . Ask students to answer these
464 , 518 , 528 , 573 , 667 , 673 , 681 , 729 questions : Who is someone who has scholarship to Boston University and later graduated from protection , a mentor takes taught you something important ? the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . you under his wing .
How did that person make a difference in your life ?
Gage moved to Athens , Greece , to become a foreign correspondent for the New York Times but later quit and began be formidable , but she was
4 . I ’ d expected my new boss to
searching for information about his mother . His experiences easygoing and supportive . Not Applicable to Literature per CCSS guidelines became the basis for his book Eleni ( 1983 ). Gage , the 5 . Although the attention mortified him at first , Jamel soon
Refer to the Language Arts author of a number of other books , has received several awards for his works . got over his embarrassment .
Handbook 1.3 , Using Reading Skills Words , in Use
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143 , 268 , 275 , 504 , 615 , 616 , 617 – 618 , 663 , 734 – 737 , 760 – 761 , 762 – 763 , 785 – 786 , 787 – 788
Preview
formidable , 216 mortify , 217
Selection KEY TERMS
MEMOIR , 214 Teaching
SUMMARIZE , 214
COMPARE , 218 significant , 214 CONTRAST , 218
Words
backdrop , 214 NARRATIVE ESSAY , 219 guerrillas , 217
MULTIMEDIA , 219 oppression , 219 PROPAGANDA , 219
refugee campaign , 219 , 215 steely , 216 honed , 216 ravine , 217 tact , 217
Teaching Words significant , 214 backdrop , 214 guerrillas , 217 oppression , 219 campaign , 219
MEMOIR , 214
SUMMARIZE , 214
USE READING STRATEGIES
Ask Questions Why was it difficult for Nicholas and his famil to leave Greece ?
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