Exploring Human Rights: The Breadwinner

Lesson 23
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ELA

Unit 2

5th Grade

Lesson 23 of 30

Objective


Describe how the author characterizes Malala and her family and how the author develops that characterization.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick  — pp. 69–80

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

How does the author characterize Malala and her family? How does the author develop that characterization? 

What can we learn from Malala?

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Key Questions


  • How did giving a speech at Khushal School inspire Malala? What does it show about her as a person? Why? (Chapter 11)

  • Why did so many girls stop attending school? How did Malala feel about it? Why? (Chapter 12)

  • Read the sentence from page 76. "Many people in Swat saw danger everywhere they looked. But our family didn’t look at life that way. We saw possibility." Why does the family have this point of view? How does it influence their actions? (Chapter 12)

  • How does the diary of the anonymous Pakistani school girl influence the community? Malala? (Chapter 12)

Vocabulary


forbade

v.

to order not to do something

immune

adj.

to not be influenced or affected by something

cower

v.

to crouch down because you are afraid

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.5.6 — Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
  • RL.5.3 — Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

Supporting Standards

L.5.4
L.5.5
RF.5.3
RF.5.4
RL.5.1
RL.5.4
RL.5.10
SL.5.1
W.5.10
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