This novel traces the stories of two boys, roughly the,same age, who grew up in the same area, and yet have completely different adult lives.
Teaching techniques:
*TIMELINE! Students created a parallel timeline of the two Wes Moores. Each chapter highlights events in the years of their life, and we attempted to show the timeline of each life.
* Character change assignments. With each challenge each Wes faced, we looked at alternate choices, both positive and negative. It's impossible, of course, to say that one change would entirely alter a life, but I used this to help students practice looking at choices and options.
*Friends, family, and those who influence you. We were able to do several writing and sharing activities about those who influence our lives, and how we let them. We studied grit, determination, and motivation, and the roles each of these play in our lives.
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