Zami: A New Spelling of My Name Lesson Plan

Read Chapter 13 through Chapter 18.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Chapters 13-15

In Chapter 13, Audre introduces readers to Gennie, her first true friend. Gennie loves to dance. She and Audre dress up in costumes and get into trouble together. Gennie’s home life is unstable, though. Gennie moves out of...