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<p style="margin:0">6th Grade</p>

<p style="margin:0">Unit 3: Expressing Yourself: Women in the Arts</p>

<p style="margin:0">Lesson 6: Key Questions</p>
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	<p>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476737991/?tag=fishtanklearning-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i>Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina</i></a> by Misty Copeland&nbsp; pp. 155 &ndash; 171</p>
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<p><strong>Objective:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Explain how Copeland responds to stereotypes about ballet dancers, and how those stereotypes and expectations influenced the way she saw herself.</p>

<p>Why do people describe Misty as a &quot;prodigy&quot;?</p>

<p>How is &quot;intuition&quot; important to Misty&rsquo;s success as a dancer?</p>

<p>Would Copeland most likely say that her life was more or less &quot;turbulent&quot; once she moved in with Cindy?</p>

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<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How is life in the corps de ballet different from&nbsp;anything Misty has experienced before? How does joining the corps impact the way that Misty sees herself? Provide at least two pieces of evidence from pages 155-156 to support your answer.</p>
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<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What stereotype about ballet dancers does Copeland address on page 167? How does she challenge this stereotype? Provide quoted evidence to support your answer.</p>
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<p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why does Copeland most likely include the anecdote about her conversation with her brother on page 170? What stereotype does this anecdote illustrate? How does this stereotype impact the way that Misty feels about herself? Provide at least two pieces of quoted evidence to support your answer.</p>
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