I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Lesson Plan 1: Comparison and Contrast

At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: 

1. Compare and contrast character traits.

2. Analyze how contrast and similarity can build characterization.

3. Link interactions between characters to broader literary themes

The standards covered in this lesson are: This lesson plan focuses on SCC.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL9-10.1, and CSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Lesson Plan 2: Quinceañera

At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: 

1. Effectively utilize multiple resources to research a given topic.

2. Work collaboratively with each other to enhance one another’s understanding of a topic and create a presentation.

3. Link larger external cultural and generational factors to themes and characters within a novel.

This lesson plan focuses on CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

Lesson Plan 3: Themes Across Mediums

At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: 

1. Analyze a theme in multiple mediums.

2. Analyze character development and changing attitudes throughout a novel.

This lesson plan focuses on CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

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