Turning 11 comes with a range of emotions. Explore those emotions by reading the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros. Readers analyze the main character's reactions to the events of her day. Then, they write an essay describing what age the main character really shows through her actions.

Concepts

character actions, character analysis, figurative language, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• The text is short enough to read through multiple times, focusing on different questions or literary elements each time
• Provide examples of what a completed text evidence chart and group continuum line should look like

Classroom Considerations

• Save paper by having learners draw their own evidence charts on paper or in notebooks
• Lesson may take fewer than five days depending on level of instruction and amount of writing completed in class

Pros

• Offers multiple strategies for analyzing a text
• Contains opportunities to scaffold learning
• Incorporates key vocabulary words

Cons

• Lacks printable versions of charts to use as handouts

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.6.3 RL.6.4 RL.6.5 RL.6.6 W.6.4 W.6.9.a SL.6.1.a L.6.1.a L.6.2.a L.6.5.a