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Short Stories: The American Dreamers (2020)

Lesson 1

ELA

Unit 12

7th Grade

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Lesson Overview

Objective

Students will be able to analyze how Mrs. Sen adapts to her life in America.

Students will be able to analyze the juxtaposition between American and Indian cultures.

Readings and Materials

Short Story: “Mrs. Sen’s” by Jhumpa Lahiri (in Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999) pp. 111–123

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Lesson Map

Students will be able to analyze how Mrs. Sen adapts to her life in America.

Students will be able to analyze the juxtaposition between American and Indian cultures.

“Mrs. Sen’s” pp. 111–123

Analyze how the author develops the theme of loneliness through point of view and diction.

“Mrs. Sen’s” pp. 124–135

Standards

RL.7.2

Analyze Mr. Kapasi’s point of view and what it reveals about cultural differences between India and America.

“A Conversation...”
“Interpreter of Maladies” pp. 43–53

Standards

RL.7.6

Explain the theme of loneliness.

“Interpreter of Maladies” pp. 54–64

Standards

RL.7.2

Explain the symbolism of the slip of paper with Mr. Kapasi’s address on it.

Explain how Lahiri captures the sadness and emptiness of the American dream through the Das family.

“Interpreter of Maladies”

Standards

RL.7.2RL.7.4

Analyze how Ibrahim and his wife adapt to the American way of life.

“An Iraqi Immigrant's...”

Standards

RL.6.3

Explain how the Scots-Irish adapted to their lives in America.

Hillbilly Elegy pp. 1–9

Standards

RL.6.3

Explain how hillbillies cope with poverty.

Analyze the idea of hillbilly justice.

Hillbilly Elegy pp. 11–22

Standards

RL.6.3RL.7.2

Analyze the juxtaposition between Chinese and American cultures.

“Who’s Irish?”

Standards

RL.7.6

3 days

Explain how undocumented immigrants perceive the American Dream and adapt to American culture.

American Dreamers — Story Wall

Standards

RL.6.3RL.7.6

2 days

Explain the arguments made in two articles by Josh Brown and Jeanette Vizguerra.

Identify the irony in the immigration debate as expressed in the article.

“Anti-Immigrant Cartoons”
“To My...”
“Why I Will...”
“The Conservative...”

Standards

RI.7.2

Take a stance on whether illegal immigrants should be allowed to pursue the American Dream.

Standards

SL.7.1SL.7.4

Make an argument that supports whether or not you believe that if you work hard, you can be successful in the United States.

Standards

W.7.1

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