This two-day lesson focuses on the reading and analysis of “The Circuit” by Francisco Jiménez. The goal of this lesson is for students to make inferences about the challenges and changes required of the story’s character, Panchito, and to find evidence of the author’s craft that develops the narrative.Students will reflect upon the relevance of the essential question (In what ways does our need to feel a sense of belonging conflict with our individuality?) to the narrator's experience. In particular, students should recognize that the reality of the narrator's individual situation acts as an impediment to his efforts to belong to a community.Although "The Circuit" is classified as a work of fiction, the author states that the stories represent the lives of his family members. Students will appreciate Jimenez's descriptive, character-driven writing.
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Author:
- Annmarie Steltzer
- MSDE Admin
- Kathleen Maher-Baker
- Date Added:
- 07/18/2018