Literature Circles
A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Glass Castle, Where the Crawdad's Sing, We Were Here, Sing Unburied Sing, The Cellist of Sarajevo, The Kite Runner, Salvage the Bones, We Are Not From Here, The Bean Trees
Book Choices
Slideshow: Seed Writing, Mini-lessons, Character Notes
Two-Page Spread
Film Study
The Shawshank Redemption
- Frank Darabont
- Frank Darabont
Short Stories
"The Lottery"- Shirley Jackson
Go through the text and create detailed notes.
1. Detail the acts of the individual and moments of individualism 2. Detail the acts of the society and how the main character believes the systems in place -- find quotes revealing normalcy 3. Highlight key moments of change and the actions of the main character 4. Make note of issues revealed about conformity in society as well as the issues of individualism |
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"The Firing Squad" - Colin McDougall
Go through the text and make detailed notes
1. Detail the acts of the individual and moments of indivualism 2. Detail the acts of the society and how the main character believes the systems in place -- find quotes revealing normalcy 3. Highlight key moments of change and the actions of the main character 4. Make note of issues revealed about conformity in society as well as the issues of individualism 5. Compare this text to "The Lottery" and The Shawshank Redemption |