Home, Grief, and Storytelling in Men We Reaped

Lesson 3
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ELA

Unit 9

10th Grade

Lesson 3 of 22

Objective


Analyze the details that Broom uses to reveal the social and historical context of New Orleans East.

Analyze the social dynamics of the neighborhood Broom describes in New Orleans East.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom  pp. 52 – 69 — Chapter 5

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Finish the following sentence: The most significant details that Broom uses in Chapter 5 to reveal the social and historical context of New Orleans East are...

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Key Thinking


Annotation Focus

What details does Broom use to reveal the social and historical context of New Orleans East?

Scaffolding Questions

Pages 52–56

  • The second paragraph of "Short End, Long Street" opens with the following sentence: "When this advertisement ran, the area that would later be called New Orleans East was largely cypress swamp, its ground too soft to support trees or the weight of three humans. It was overrun with nutria and muskrat, prime hunting ground."  Zoom in on the following diction choices: "swamp," "overrun," "prime hunting ground." What connotations do these diction choices carry?  What do the diction choices reveal about the state of New Orleans East at the time of purchase?

Pages 60–63

  • What details does Broom use to describe and characterize the short end of Wilson? What details does Broom use to describe and characterize the other side of Wilson?
  • What central ideas does the juxtaposition between the short end of Wilson and the other side of Wilson highlight? How does this connect to the argument Broom builds in this chapter about New Orleans? 

Discourse Questions

What is the most significant detail that Broom uses in Chapter 5 to reveal the social and historical context of New Orleans East?

To what extent was New Orleans East set up to be a dream that was not actualized?

Homework


Read and annotate Marc Lamont Hill’s Nobody, Chapter VI, “Emergency,” pages 157–180. 

  • Annotation focus: Where does the tension between personal responsibility and public responsibility show up in this chapter? What are our initial thoughts about this tension?

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Standards


  • LO 1.2B — Explain how the rhetorical features of an argument contribute to its effect and meaning.
  • RI.9-10.3 — Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.

Supporting Standards

LO 1.3B
LO 2.2A
LO 2.2B
LO 2.2C
LO 5.1A
LO 5.1B
RI.9-10.1
RI.9-10.2
SL.9-10.1
W.9-10.2

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