Peace
Sea Prayer
Author(s): Khaled Hosseini
Links:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Sea-Prayer-Khaled-Hosseini-author/dp/0525539093
Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/sea-prayer/9780735236783-item.html
Social Justice focus: Refugee Crisis
Synopsis: A short, powerful, illustrated book written by Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city’s swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.
Contributor: Nicole Ruegg
Curriculum Area: Language Arts
Lesson Plan: Grade 7
Oral Communications:
Overall Expectations:
- Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety of purposes (p. 124)
- Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes
Specific Expectations:
1.3 Identify a variety of listening comprehension strategies and use them appropriately before, during, and after listening in order to understand and clarify the meaning of increasingly complex or challenging oral texts (p.124)
1.5 Develop and explain interpretations of oral texts using stated and implied ideas from the texts to support their interpretation (p. 124)
1.6 Extend understanding of oral texts, including increasingly complex texts, by connecting, comparing, and contrasting the ideas and information in them to their own knowledge, experience, and insights; to other texts, including print and visual texts; and to the world around them (p. 124-125)
1.8 Explain the connection between a speaker’s tone and the point of view or perspective presented in oral texts
2.2 Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speaking behaviour in most situations, adapting contributions and responses to suit the purpose and audience (p. 125)
Learning Goals:
Students can choose the appropriate listening strategies for a task
Students will share my opinions while respecting the opinions of others
Students can make inferences based on the clues from the text and my prior knowledge
Students can use connecting, comparing, and contrasting to help me understand the text
Success Criteria:
Students will demonstrate active listening skills
Students will understand the meaning of the text
Students will form an opinion on the text and the questions to share with the classStudents will make connections from the text to other texts as well as the world around me
Students will make inferences about the text Students will share my ideas respectfully and collaborate with the class in discussion
Students will think critically about what I am seeing and hearing
Students will connect my thoughts and contributions to class conversation to the social justice picture book
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