English 12October 18th

Writing Journal PromptO Can society/other people tell

you/determine if you are an adult or not? Why or why not? Hypothetically, what if someone does tell you if you are adult or not, and what if you don’t agree with what that someone tells you. Does that change your behavior? Why or why not? How?

Today’s ActivitiesO Continue PresentationsO Start “The Man Who Was Almost a

Man” with reading questions

Today’s Objectives O Demonstrate your current

understanding of Adulthood and Rite of Passage through song

O To evaluate whether the main character, in A Man Who Was Almost A Man, fits the description/definition of an adult

O For you to use the text to support your thoughts and interpretations [of the questions and text].

“The Man Who Was Almost A Man”

O As You listen, Write down 5-6 Turning Points in the story

The Man Who Was Almost a Man

O Why does Dave think that he is almost a man? Are his actions those of an adult? Why does he think a gun will make him a man?

O Consider the adults’ in actions in the story. Are they respectable role models?O Should Dave’s mother have given him the

money to purchase a gun? Why or why not? O Should Joe have sold the gun to Dave? Why

or why not?O Why do you think Dave’s father was left out

of the decision making process?

Turning PointsO Joe agrees to sell him a gun for 2 dollarsO Mom gives him moneyO Dave keeps the gunO Holds gun at nightO Shoots jennyO Lies about itO Is laughed atO $50 for a mule=2 years of Dave’s lifeO Sneaks out and digs up the gunO Shoots it againO Jumps on train/runs