•   Independent Unit

    Please note the reading schedule indicates the dates when readings and assignments are due. The Socratic Seminar model will be used for whole-group discussions and the Literature Circle model will be used for small group work.  Individual responses to the questions posted below should be completed before the group meets. Additional notes are encouraged based on new revelations from the discussion.  In addition, all students should prepare their own 5 questions to pose to the group that are a combination of literal, inferential, and higher-level critical thinking questions that are text-based.  

     
     Section
    Due
    Date
    Reading
    Pages
    During/Post
    Reading 
    Questions
    for Discussion (379-381)
    Complimentary
    Materials 
    Background,
    Prologue, &
    Deborah's Voice
     
    		 3/
     
     
     pp. 
    (xiii-9)
    Sticky note questions in book and 
     
    annotate handouts
     
     
     

    Q1 On page xiii, Rebecca Skloot states "This is a work of nonfiction. No names have been changed, no characters invented, no events fabricated."  Consider the process Skloot went through to verify dialogue, recreate scenes, and establish facts.  Imagine trying to recreate scenes such as when Henrietta discovered her tumor (page 15). What does Skloot say on pages xiii-xiv and in the notes section (page 346) about how she did this?

    Q2
     History Channel
      
     
     

    Part I:

    Life

    Chapters    1-11

    		    pp.       

     Part 2:

    Death

    Chapters   12-22

    		    pp. 
    Update timeline and character notes
    p. 862 Q 5, 7, & 8
    		    

    Part 3:

    Immortality

    Chapters  23-38

    		    pp. 
    Update timeline and character notes
    p. 877 Q 3
    		    

    Afterword

    Timeline

     

    		    pp. 878-887
    Update timeline and character notes 
    p. 888
    "Act 4" Q  2 & 7
    "The Play as a Whole" Qs 1-7 
    		   Review Notes on Mojo 

    Current Event Connections

    		  
     
    		      
    Grammar
    Focus Area:
     Sentence Variety
    		   p