Lesson 21

Lesson 21

Chapters 1-19

Focusing Question: How do Malala and her community respond to the hostile environment in Pakistan?

Content Framing Question: Distill: What are the central ideas in I am Malala? 

Craft Question: Execute: How do I use sources responsibly in research writing?

What happens when Malala and her family return to Mingora?

Students Think-Pair-Share in response to the displayed question.

Be prepared to share your responses with the class.

Analyze Language

Reconciliation(noun)- The process of overcoming differences and restoring a relationship.

A synonym for reconciliation is settlement.

“I felt so hopeful about the future of my valley that I planted a mango seed outside our house. I knew it would take a long time for the seed to bear fruit, like the reconciliation and rebuilding of the government had promised, but it was my way of saying I was full of hope for a long and peaceful future in Mingora” (107).

"What's going on in this excerpt?''

Poll

"How is Malala's mango seed like the government's promise?"

• Malala's seed will take a long time to grow.

• The government won't be able to fix things in Mingora right away.

• The people in Mingora might not see the ways in which the government is trying to fix things, they have to trust it's happening.

• In, time, the government will make Mingora safer and people will want to live there.

Poll

“How is reconciliation similar to a mango seed growing in the ground?”

• A seed can only grow if there’s water, dirt, and sunlight.

• Reconciliation can only happen if everyone can agree to overcome their differences.

• Reconciliation means a relationship is restored

• A mango tree can only grow if it’s in a safe place in the ground, where it won’t get walked on or dug back up.

“What’s the difference between a main idea and a central idea?”

A central idea is larger. It comes from a text as a whole. Big ideas can be found in smaller chunks of the text. A chapter or a paragraph could have a big idea.

Open Ended

What are the main ideas in part one and part two? Part one is chapters 1-5 and part two is chapters 6-10.