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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Chapters 1 - 6))
Objective
The objective of this lesson is for students to analyze the pressures Bri feels related to her father, Lawless's, legacy. Lawless, or Law, was a talented and popular rapper before he was shot and killed by members of a gang in Bri's hometown when Bri was a child. Bri was so young when her father was killed that she does not have many memories of him, but she likes his music and she is a talented and enthusiastic rapper herself. When Bri begins to perform her own work as a teenager, though, she is often introduced as Law's daughter, called "Lil' Law" by people who knew her father, and compared to him in ways that she is not entirely comfortable with.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Who was Bri's father, Lawless, or Law? What are Bri's own memories of her father like? How did Lawless die? In what...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1(b), 9-10.1(d), 11-12.1(b), 11-12.1(d)
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