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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Round and Round - The Family))
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is for students to analyze Alameddine's personal background and connection to the subject matter in The Wrong End of the Telescope. Alameddine was born in Jordan and grew up in both Kuwait and Lebanon, later moving to England and then the United States. Alameddine has written about his own experiences with bias and discrimination as a gay man, and he has also focused on the plight of refugees and on anti-Muslim bias in his articles and non-fiction work.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Who is Rabih Alameddine? What does Alameddine's previous work to this novel focus on? What is Alameddine's personal background? How does Alameddine's own personal history manifest in this novel?
Small Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups and ask each group of students to use print and digital resources, including interviews, reviews, and articles, to research Alameddine's personal...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.9, 11-12.9
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