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Post date: Aug 3, 2015 3:09:56 PM
This unit explores the idea of Individual Change.
Essential Question:
Overview:
Students build on their knowledge of change by focusing on individual change, My Life in Dog Years by Theodore Gary Paulsen has been chosen as the primary text in this unit because it provides the opportunity for students to explore the narrative elements while analyzing how change creates both internal and external conflicts and has a significant effect on characters and themselves. Students will explain how Gary’s Paulsen’s childhood had an effect on his relationship with animals. Hatchet may be used a supplemental extended literary piece.