Compare and Contrast Lesson Plan: Part One and Two Introduction to Topic and Guided Practice. Materials Needed- A granola bar and a candy bar; and/or a one dollar bill and a quarter‚ Venn Diagram worksheet Compare and Contrast lesson plan activity time: 30-120 minutes‚ depending on use of optional reinforcement and advanced exercises. If all sections are used‚ lesson can be divided into multiple‚ separate sessions if desired. Objective of Compare and Contrast lesson plan:
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In The Piano Lesson a major issue is brought up and that is the issue of family vs. selfishness/ material items. Should we let material items and selfishness stand in the way of our family the people that we claim to love? Would your family allow a material item get in the way of a loved one‚ or would they drop it all together? What would happen if the material item had sentimental value? Well maybe the Charles family can set the example and help answer these questions. Family is a word that can
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method of storytelling in The Piano Lesson. Symbolism is a technique used by writers to associate one object or idea with another. This technique is essential in The Piano Lesson due to the small-scale‚ rural environment in which the story is told. Important thoughts and ideas that Wilson is trying to portray about African-American society could never be expressed without symbolism‚ due to this small setting. There are many examples of symbolism in The Piano Lesson‚ but one can get a good idea
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“The Piano Lesson” by August Wilson tells the story of Boy Willie who travels up to Philadelphia from Georgia to visit his sister‚ and try to convince her to sell their inherited piano. After he arrives his sister‚ Bernice‚ refuses to sell the piano because of the history of the family it possesses. The piano was stolen from their family’s owners during the time of slavery. It was stolen because Willie and Bernice’s father‚ Boy Charles‚ had carved pictures of members of their family sold to a different
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political opportunities. Such outcomes of racism are seen in The Piano Lesson‚ in which August Wilson discusses African Americans’ struggle of advancing in life. White men constantly received benefits of which people of color did not‚ which sometimes led to conflicts with the law. Of course‚ blacks never found favor from the law‚ continuing the cycle of racism. Although African Americans found
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and the play Fences both contain similar themes and plot. Even though both are very similar‚ there are glaring different in their stories. The film Death of a salesman is about a man name Willy Loman who is struggling in making a living with his current job as a salesman. He has a loving a wife name Linda and two adult sons‚ Biff and Happy. Willy share and unstable relationship both his son (primary Happy) as he believe they are not making the most out of themselves. In the play Fences‚ tell the story
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The Piano Lesson Analysis A title of a work is carefully chosen to not only strike interest but also to give some sort of clue as to the significance of the work. In the case of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson‚ the title‚ though a play on words‚ reveals how important the piano is to the message Wilson is trying to convey. The piano‚ as an object‚ moves the plot of the play along since the conflict is the two main characters fighting over it. On the other hand‚ the piano‚ as a symbol‚ represents
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Many Texas adults have childhood memories of piano lessons in Frisco TX. For some‚ the memories are fond and‚ for others‚ they are painful. If you had a natural knack for playing the piano‚ you may have been more likely to want to put in the hours for lessons and practice‚ but having an innate talent does not always ensure an interest. If you would have preferred mixing it up on the soccer field with your friends to spending hours of solitude at a keyboard‚ no amount of inherent ability would convince
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Compare and Contrast of “The Lesson” and “The Hammon and the Beans” By Lester J. Tavis Smiley an author and Radio/T.V. host once said there is "2 Americas." The minority glamorous America we and rest of the world can only dream of‚ and the poverty majority America‚ the glum true face of our country. Social divides in America leads to more than just racial tensions. Social inequalities are seen in almost every aspect of the American society; to the open eye. As seen in Paredes "The Hammon and
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Within The Piano Lesson‚ August Wilson effectively presented the scene of the play by implementing symbolism and characterization‚ displaying one single point: the past is meaningful‚ but only up to a point. It should not hinder a person from advancing into the future. Taking place in 1936 in Pittsburgh‚ Wilson accurately portrays a migration in which thousands of African-Americans ventured north in search for jobs and opportunities‚ however‚ he also revealed the struggles that these people were
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