Overview and Background: Unit: Where the Lilies Bloom

Melodie Hofer : Cheney USD 268

Communications : Literature : 6th Literature Elective

Cheney Middle School : Grades 6 - 6 : 2:00-2:45 : Aug. - Jan.

Title:	Where the Lilies Bloom
Topics:	death in the family, promise keeping, character traits: respect, responsibility, kindness, integrity, courage, perseverance, self-discipline, good judgment
Time Frame:	9 Weeks
Start Date:	Aug. 18 - Jan. 10

Other Designers:

Summary:
Students will read the novel, Where the Lilies Bloom and study ethics of promises, family loyalty, and obedience to parents, and marriage in the context of this Appalachian Familyís desire to survive after a parentís death.

Print Materials Needed:
Character lit
Vocab list
Graphic Organizer: Reading Log

Resources:
Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleaver. Lippincott, 1969. Rpt. by Scholastic, 1974. Reissued by HarperCollins Children's Books, 1989.

Teacher study guides & quizzes.
Teacher designed speaking rubrics.
Teacher designed writing checklists.

Resource Attachments:

Internet Resource Links:
Link 1:http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/topic/95/sprague.htm
Link 2:http://www.theironskillet.com/
Link 3:http://www.quia.com/jw/2009.html
Link 4:http://www.ncnatural.com/August.html%20info%20on%20North%20Carolina
Link 5:http://www.imagesbuilder.com/gsmnp/%20Smokey%20Mountain%20info

Notes:

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS
Title:	Communications
Standard(s):	State Standards Reading 3: The proficient reader demonstrates knowledge of the effects of cultures on literature. Literature Response 2: The proficient reader evaluates literature with criteria based on purposes for reading and derived from time periods and cultures. Listening 1: Learners will participate effectively as listeners within formal and informal groups. Speaking 1: Learners will speak effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, occasions, and contexts. Local Standards Reading 1: Read a variety of material to understand themselves and the world around them. Speaking 1: Learners speak effectively for a variety of audiences, purposes, occasions, and contexts. Listening 1: Learners listen in a variety of situation and setting to understand others.

Understandings:
user	Keeping a family together is important.

Essential Questions:

user

Is it wrong for a child to marry someone their parents disapprove of? Should a child ever disobey a parent's wishes? Should a person ever go back on a promise? Is a promise to someone who has died different from a promise to a living person? Is it wrong to let other people help you and accept charity? Is lying ever justified? Is it wrong to marry someone you don't love? Are there some laws that are higher than the ones made by governments?

Knowledge and Skills:

Students will:
--learn about life and times in rural North Carolina during the depression
--examine the issue of self-reliance and gain understanding about what they should realistically expect of themselves in their daily lives
--gain an understanding of the differences between children in a family based on the order of their birth
--use the Internet for reference material regarding the setting and themes of the book.
--wildcrafting and herbs
--character traits taken from The 16 Habits of Mind: #1 Persisting & #8
Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations

Students will be able to:
--make a personal evaluation of a character
--use new vocabulary
--make inferences
--identify allusions to other literary characters in other novels and literature
--describe cause-effect relationships and their impact on plot.
--explain how a literary selection can expand or enrich personal viewpoints or experiences.
--describe inferred main ideas or themes
--use basic cinema terminology

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
ï Imagine that you are a journalist for the magazine "Unsung Achievers". Your editor has assigned you the brief of writing a feature article about one of the following (1) the Call Familyís efforts to stay together as a family, (2) remarkable story of survival. Your brief is to justify why your magazine recommends your person to be included in the national "Survivors' Hall of Fame". Using the two profiles and your own ideas, you are to (1) explain your viewpoint or (2) give examples from Where the Lilies Bloom with supporting evidence of what/how the family learned to survive

Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities: