Writing about Influential People Using Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers

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Theme:

Language Arts

Grades:

6 - 8

Subject:

English

Duration:

One class period

Standards
& Goals:

Florida State Learning Standards

  • The student will listen to, read and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text. 
  • The student will analyze the author’s purpose and /or perspective in a variety of texts and understand how they affect meaning.


Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standard.

 

Objectives:

Students will:

  1. Read Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers.
  2. Write a story of a memory of a positive experience with a teacher, similar to Walter Myers’ experience with Mrs. Conway.
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