Digital Lesson
May 9, 2011
The Great Comeback
Explore the theme of resilience with
a Scope article, a video, and a classic poem
Essential questions:
What is resilience?
How do people find resilience within themselves?
What is resilience?
How do people find resilience within themselves?
Summary:
In this lesson, students will read a Scope article, watch a related video clip, and read a poem by Emily Dickinson; they will connect these sources through the theme of resilience.
Main objectives:
• to understand what resilience is and identify it as a theme in literature
• to make connections among genres
• to participate in class discussion
• to write a reflective essay
Materials:
• the May 9, 2011, issue of Scope
• photo of flower
• video clip of Bethany Hamilton
• audio clip of Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers”
• copies of “Hope Is the Thing With Feathers” to distribute and project
• digital version of “Shark Attack Survivor” to project
• step-by-step lesson plan
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