Out of the Dust (High School)
Out of the Dust (High School)
Description:
Students read Hesse's "Out of the Dust", the story of a girl who struggles to help her family survive the dust bowl years of the Depression. Students respond to FCAT-like questions about the novel and write a free-verse poem modeled after the author's.
Education Levels:
9, 10, 11, 12
Subject:
Writing (composition), Reading, Literature
Resource Type:
Lesson plan
Medium:
Text/HTML
Fee Status:
Free
Online provider:
Beacon Learning Center
Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes:
Conforms To
Conforms To
2. drafts and revises writing that: is focused, purposeful, and reflects insight into the writing situation; has an organizational pattern that provides for a logical progression of ideas; has effective use of transitional devices that contribute to a sense of completeness; has support that is substantial, specific, relevant, and concrete; demonstrates a commitment to and involvement with the subject; uses creative writing strategies as appropriate to the purposes of the paper; demonstrates a mature command of language with freshness of expression; has varied sentence structure; has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics, usage, punctuation, and spelling.
Conforms To
1. determines the main idea and identifies relevant details, methods of development, and their effectiveness in a variety of types of written material.
Conforms To
1. analyzes the effectiveness of complex elements of plot, such as setting, major events, problems, conflicts, and resolutions.
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