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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-5)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss how Max views his future, and what the author conveys about the best years of a person's life. Grownups always tell kids to enjoy their childhood because it will be the best time of their lives. Max hopes that childhood is not the best time of his life, because then he will have a terrible future.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What does Max say that grownups are always telling him and other kids? Why do grownups think that children should enjoy their youth? How has life been for Max? Why does he find life so challenging? Why does he think that being a kid has not been a great time of life for him? If this is the good part of Max's life, what does he think his future will be like? Why does he think his future will...
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(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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