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Lesson 1 (from Prologue-Chapter 5)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss what it means to be dada, and why being dada makes it difficult for Zahrah to fit in at school. Dada are born with plants that grow in their hair. To be dada means to be born with strange powers.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What is different about Zahrah when she is born? What does it mean to be dada? What special powers might someone have who is dada? Why does Zahrah struggle to believe that being dada is a blessing? How is she different from her peers? How do her classmates torment her? How does that make her a misfit? Why does she wish sometimes she could just blend in? Why is it impossible for her to blend in? How do her parents and Papa Grip try to help her understand that she is not a freak? Why...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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