7th+Unit+2+Perseverence

"Perseverance"

Time Frame: 6 weeks

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__**NOVELS**__
 * //Treasure Island// (Robert Louis Stevenson)
 * //Call It Courage// (Armstrong Sperry)
 * //Homeless Bird// (Gloria Whelan)

__**SHORT STORIES**__
 * "Broken Chain" by Gary Soto (would go well with "Oranges" poem by Gary Soto)
 * "Dirk the Protector" by Gary Paulsen

__**POETRY**__
 * "Oranges" by Gary Soto
 * "Hope" by Emily Dickinson
 * "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

__**NONFICTION**__ > Archive [])
 * //Dare to Dream!: 25 Extraordinary Lives// (Sandra McLeod Humphrey)
 * //The Story of Ruby Bridges// (Robert Coles) - also a lesson in Reading Comprehension Toolkit
 * Scholastic Action/Scope magazines' True Teen Stories (also available online at the Scope


 * __DRAMA__**
 * //A Christmas Carol// (Charles Dickens)
 * //The Miracle Worker// (William Gibson)

__**TEACHING IDEAS**__ 1. Novel Idea: //Call It Courage// by Armstrong Sperry -Connection with Novel: //Soul Surfer// and Bethany's story of Courage and Perseverance -Poem: "Hope" by Emily Dickinson -Biographies: Scholastic Action/Scope magazines' True Teen Stories (also available online at the Scope Archive []) -Lesson on proverbs (some mentioned in the novel): [] -Art Connection: "Dutch Boats in a Storm" by Turner -Google Earth: French Polynesian Islands

2. Play Idea: //A Christmas Carol// by Charles Dickens -Also read the picture book titled //Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations// by Peter Vennema and Diane Stanley to learn about the author and his life (works well with Reading Comprehension Toolkit) -Enrichment Activities: []