Mahalak's+Individual+Unit+Plan+Rationale+and+Big+Question

=// The Help by Kathryn Stockett //=
 * Big Question: What makes us so special and how do we truly see each other? **
 * Rationale: As a future teacher, I think this novel will open the eyes to many young students because they can find the meaning so powerful. No one should feel the mistreatment and sorrowness these women had to feel. When reading this novel, I want my students to learn what life was like in the sixties and what is was like to deal with racial injustice. All in all, students can relate to the way they may treat and/or see others and understand what it does to that person. This story is about racial intolerance and the foolishness of an upper class community that begins to see a need for change. **
 * Objectives and Standards: **
 * - 1.1.9.A: Apply appropriate comprehension strategies to interpret and evaluate an author's implied or stated purpose using grade level text. **
 * - 1.2.9.E: Read, understand, and respond to essential content in a variety of imformational texts and documents across all academic content areas. **
 * - 1.7.9.A: Analyze the role and place of standard American English and informal language when used in speech, writing and literature. **
 * In addition, the criteria that will be most helpful for this novel will include scaffolding, alignment, and classroom discussions. Students must find the relevance and connect the feelings from the characters in the book to feelings they may have experienced.  **