On The Come Up - Unit Plan

This week we are working on a project where we create a unit plan based on the books we have read for this class. I chose On The Come Up by Angie Thomas. I think a good age group to teach this book to is Sophomores. In the book, the main character is 16. There is a certain maturity and respect that I think middle schoolers don't have. Freshmen might but they also might not understand as deeply ad a Sophomore and older will. My unit plan is some ideas I have. They might change but here are my thoughts.

Week One:

- Rap battle activity, read chapters 1-10

Week Two:

- Discussion about first 10 chapters, Current event? read chapter 11-21

Week Three:

- read chapters 22-end, Watch The Hate You Give

Week Four:

- Talk a little bit about the author, Paper of choice? Or test?

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