Background Activity #1 Lesson Plan
One Day
Step 1:
Answer the following questions before watching video:
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Step 2:
Discuss students' prior knowledge with partners and as a whole class. |
Step 3:
Watch the video below and answer the questions next to it. |
Step 4:
Discuss student responses with partners and as a whole class (Socratic Seminar optional) |
Who is Walter Dean Myers? How did Myers end up in Harlem? How was Myers drawn to reading? How did a culture of reading affect Myers' life? How did Harlem and its surroundings affect Myers? What does Myers want his legacy to be? Why do you think this is? |
Video provided by YouTube and Walter Dean Myers
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References
Miller, Keith, and Allison Parker. "Interview with Walter Dean Myers." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 50.8 (2007): 688. Educators Reference Complete; Gale. Web.
Myers, Walter Dean. Walter Dean Myers Biography. YouTube. YouTube, 2014. Web.
Sutton, Roger. "Threads in our Cultural Fabric: A Conversation with Walter Dean Myers." School Library Journal (June 1994): 24-28. Print.
Myers, Walter Dean. Walter Dean Myers Biography. YouTube. YouTube, 2014. Web.
Sutton, Roger. "Threads in our Cultural Fabric: A Conversation with Walter Dean Myers." School Library Journal (June 1994): 24-28. Print.