Lesson Before Dying/STRAP

utilizes logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another idea.

• Persuasive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Literary Response

story writing.

• Persuasive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Literary Response

builds an argument about a text, using evidence to explain how the author  uses characters, symbols, or figurative language to show a message.

• Persuasive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Literary Response

ask you to extend the story or create your own story based on what you have learned or to investigate an idea.

• Persuasive

• Expository

• Narrative

• Literary Response

What are some of Grant’s internal conflicts?

• Not wanting to be in Louisiana

• Loving his aunt

• Not knowing how to be helpful to Jefferson

• All of the above

Why does Grant say that Paul comes from good stock?

• He is racist

• He is not racist

• He eats Ms. Emma's food

• He has beat Jefferson

Why does the whole community come out to the Christmas play?

• To support Grant in his struggle to support Jefferson

• This is one of the biggest events the community sees every year

• They are bored

• Both A and B

• Both B and C

What changes with Grant between Reverend Ambrose’s first prayer and his last prayer?

• Grant hates the reverend more now

• Grant decides to move him and Vivian to California

• Grant is seeing Jesus' sacrifice as more real because of what Jefferson is experincing

• There is no change

What is the tone in Chapters 18 and 19?

• Serious

• Anxious

• Sadness

• Joy

What symbol is Jefferson being compared to in chapter 19?

• Martin Luther King

• Jesus

• The Declaration of Independence

• Abraham Lincoln