English Literature (Age 10 to 14 years. )
Multi-day class
In this ongoing course, the learner will learn to read and analyze short stories.
Hema Dhawan
New Teacher
Multi-day class
In this ongoing course, the learner will learn to read and analyze short stories.
Hema Dhawan
New Teacher
Tue, Feb 22 - Mar 20
Class Experience
In this ongoing course, the learner will learn to read and analyze short stories.
1. The Scholarship Jacket
Nearing graduation, an eighth-grade Hispanic student in a small Texas school is denied the scholarship jacket she has earned with top grades. This story addresses the topics of prejudice and unfairness in a school setting, integrity, and grandparenting.
2. The Medicine Bag
Martin feels embarrassed when his aging Sioux grandfather shows up at his family’s home unannounced. Exhausted and sickly, Grandpa has come to pass a Sioux tradition on to Martin, causing Martin fear. Instead, Martin learns startling things about his grandfather he never knew, causing him to change his outlook profoundly.
3. Thank You M’am
Langston Hughes’ classic story begins with Roger trying to snatch a purse from Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. After shaking him up quite a bit, she takes Roger to her home, shares a meal with him, and talks about wanting things she couldn’t have when she was young. She gives him money to buy the shoes he wanted, and Roger leaves having learned a lesson about right and wrong.
4. The Treasure of Lemon Brown
When he leaves his house upset with his father, fourteen-year-old Greg finds a homeless man in an old tenement. Greg and the man, Lemon Brown, scare away some menacing thugs, and when Lemon Brown reveals a “treasure” he claims to have, Greg learns something about parents that causes him to have a change of heart towards his father.
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