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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-7)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine the similarities and differences between the Malco and Rudy families, and the significance of their similarities and differences. Grisham relates how the similarities between how the Malco and Rudy families came to America, and their lives in their early years in the country. By the second generation of the families, they had become quite different.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How did the Malcos and Rudys come to America? What type of beginning did Lance and Jesse's fathers have in their new country? What path did Lance take when his father died? What type of businesses did he establish? What was he willing to do to make money and grow his businesses? Why did Jesse go to school? What was his first occupation? What was his second? As Lance and Jesse began to work and raise their families, how did...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.3(e), 11-12.3(d), 11-12.3(e)
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