Many regard John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as the great American novel. The lesson plan combines a variety of strategies, including partner work, independent practice, creative writing, grammar instruction, and small group discussions. The lesson includes the text of chapter one of the novel as well as a handout on the different types of pronouns.

Concepts

pronoun-antecedent agreement, the grapes of wrath, john steinbeck, pronouns, setting

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners use the handout of chapter one to underline all the pronoun-antecedent relationships they find
• Ask scholars to draw a picture of the novel's setting based on the details in the first chapter
  

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes pupils have background information about the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl

Pros

• Provides suggestions for differentiated instruction and accommodations
• Contains small group questions and individual short-answer questions

Cons

• It is unclear what video the lesson references
  

Common Core

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3