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Lesson 1 (from Zoom In and Friday)
Objective
Students will investigate Kiely/Reynolds’s purpose in using an epigraph to begin the narrative of All American Boys and will make predictions about its possible connection to the thematic messages within the text.
The epigraph section of All American Boys includes two different quotes, one by Hillel the Elder and one by Carmelo Soto. By utilizing two separate quotes within the epigraph section of the novel, the writers are able to introduce many of the text’s major themes, such as justice, compassion, and collectivism. Students will study the author's use of an epigraph to open the text and will see how doing so can illuminate the text's meaning, even if they have only just begun to read the work in question.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Why might an author begin a book or a chapter with a quote from a different literary work? What other...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3, 9-10.7, 11-12.3, 11-12.7
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