Through the Tunnel

Doris Lessing

Goals

• Content Goal- to focus on the internal and external conflict plus a variety of C.A.T. questions

• Language Goals- 1.) to make connections to the text through journaling and 2.) to write answers in complete sentences restating the question in the answer.

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Pre-teaching Vocabulary

Copy down each word. Mrs. Davis will read you part of the paragraph it comes from in the story. Guess at the definition based on the word’s context. (+6 guess and +6 define)

1.contrition2.promontories3.luminous4.supplication5.frond6.convulsive

Doris Lessing & Literary Elements

Write down an important detail about Doris’s life. (+1)

• Doris Lessing p. 218

Define the following terms in your own words.

• internal conflict (+1)• external conflict (+1)

Pre-reading

• Being rebellious. Think of a time you did something you were told NOT to do. Why did you do it? Was it worth it? Did you lose your parents’ trust, did they not care after all, or did they never find out?

• Elaborate in a journal of five or more descriptive sentences. (+5)

During Reading

• Hot dog and double hamburger your paper (or notdog and veggieburger it).

• Number the eight sections (p. 221-228).

• For each page we read, write a summary of the events and conflicts (internal and external). An underwater cave

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Post-reading

• You will receive an index card with a character’s name on it. Write this journal in that character’s voice.

• As this character, how do you feel at the resolution of the story? What has changed and/or what has stayed the same? What will never be the same?

• Elaborate in this character’s voice for five or more sentences. (+5)

Post-reading Activity

• Your name card becomes a name tag. For the following activity, you will be acting as this character.

• This is an interview. Questions you ask and answers you give must be based on information in the text. (Based on information will give you some room to be creative.)

• Here is a copy of the stem document to base your questions on.

Groups

• Jerry (6)• Mom (6)• French boy (4)• Goggles (4)• Fish (4)• Seaweed• Tunnel (4)

Bloom’s CAT QuestionsComprehension 1-3 Analysis 5-7 Thinking 8-10

main idea conflicts author’s purpose

theme compare & contrast

decision making

summarize cause & effect treatment of others

inference generalizations

prediction conclusions

advice

Assessment – CAT Questions

1. (LC02) Write a summary of Jerry’s swim through the tunnel including three details from the story. (+3)

2. (LA07) What effect does Jerry’s interaction with the local boys have on him? Include two details from the story in your answer. (+3)

3. (LT09) Was Jerry’s attempt to test the limits of his skills a good idea? Why or why not? Include two details from the story in your answer. (+3)