Sample Lesson Plan – Close Reading English Close Reading “The Rider” page 61 Lesson Overview Depending on class needs‚ this close reading should take two to three days. In this two-day lesson‚ the teacher begins by having students read and annotate the selected passage individually or as part of a class oral reading. Students then work with vocabulary and story questions. On the second day‚ students re-read the passage with a partner. They check their annotations and answers. They work
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traditional American culture and the American counterculture. Although this culture clash‚ more often than not‚ manifested in prejudice‚ as seen in moments of Easy Rider (Hopper‚ 1969)‚ it is representative of the silent majority’s and counterculture’s desire to tear each other down‚ which is a more abstract form of violence. Easy Rider can be categorized as a left cycle film based on Robert B. Ray’s definition of left and right cycles in his piece Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema. The protagonists
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has been written about the strong family message in Whale Rider‚ and there is no mistaking that this story of intergenerational love and conflict is‚ on the surface‚ about the mending of a broken family‚ but there is another aspect that hasn’t been written about—or at least only touched on—and that’s the movie’s theme. It isn’t about family or even the need to honor the hand in glove relationship of tradition and progress. At root‚ Whale Rider is one of the best pictures about leadership that has been
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name is Alex Rider. Stormbreaker‚ written by Anthony Horowitz‚ is an adventure fiction and thriller novel targeted towards teenagers. It was published on the 4th of September 2000. Stormbreaker holds the battle between Good and Evil‚ between a young teenager named Alex Rider who is determined on stopping the main antagonist Herod Sayle. Herod Sayle‚ the main antagonist‚ is trying to kill every young school child in Britain because of past bullying experiences. Though Alex Rider‚ the protagonist
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was indeed amiss at Sayle Enterprises. Rider had been assigned to Sayle’s base in Port Tallon as a precaution. To keep an eye on things as it were. Things had progressed quicker than Blunt had anticipated and Rider had died before being able to make his final report. It had been an unfortunate setback as far as Blunt was concerned. A waste of time and resources but it was Blunt’s job to ensure that they turned the situation around to benefit them. By having Rider killed‚ Sayle had shown his hand. It
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creatures called Urgals. Running wild with magic‚ and clashes on an epic scale. Into this world‚ there were born a few‚ rather extraordinary‚ men‚ even for this world. Galbatorix a Dragon Rider of the order‚ destroyer of an era of peace and prosperity‚ Eragon a farmer boy who became one of the legendary Dragon Riders‚ and Sloan a simple butcher who became significant through his involvement with Eragon’s family. These men all made choices driven by things they perhaps could not control or fully understand
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concept of good and evil has always been debated. The comparison of two people‚ their background and their attitudes to life‚ lead one to determine a villain from a hero. But what makes one a hero? The first text chosen is a book series called ‘Alex Rider’‚ this series follows a 14 year old boy for two years who has been blackmailed into a war as MI9 (British intelligence) secret weapon. He goes on 7 different deadly missions and is forced to grow up and see the reality of things like death. The second
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Reading Log Entry – English: 1.10A 11ENG - Visual text Assessment “Whale Rider” Directed by: Niki Caro The film “Whale Rider” Directed by Niki Caro is a film about the Whangara people in the east coast of New Zealand who date theier tribe back to one ancestor Paikea. The tradition of the head family is to name their first born son Paikea‚ but due to a freak accident at birth ‚the first born male died‚ leaving his twin sister alive. She was then named Paikea. The naming of the girl as Pakea
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Symbols/Motifs in The Awakening Art: ▪ Art becomes a symbol of both freedom and failure. ▪ A major part of Edna’s initial awakening is her decision to take up painting again‚ and it is partly through the income from the sale of some of her paintings that she is able to abandon her husband’s home and establish her own. ▪ At the same time‚ however‚ there are suggestions that Edna’s art is somehow flawed. When she tries to make a sketch of Madame Ratignolle‚ we are told that the sketch
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“Whale Rider” Extra Credit Questions Name ________________________________________ Class Start Time ___________ 1. What object does the grandfather throw overboard a boat (and expects will be retrieved)? a. his father’s brass heirloom pistol b. his traditional chief’s necklace c. his sacred black harpoon d. his sacred smoking pipe e. his radio 2. What is the central conflict in “Whale Rider”? a. How do indigenous societies keep their traditions and yet accept change? b. How
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