Irony in “Into Thin Air”

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Irony in “Into Thin Air” Unit 3: Lesson 2 Irony in “Into Thin Air”

Big Idea/Essential Questions Big Idea: Change can be unexpected Essential Questions: How do people respond to unexpected change? How do author’s use irony to create a feeling of mystery, suspense, or surprise?

Text: “Into Thin Air” Author: Jon Krakauer Genre: Magazine Article (Outside Magazine), later expanded into a non- fiction book Point of View: First person Jon Krakauer participated in the climb up Mt. Everest. This is therefore an example of participatory journalism.

Background Information Read textbook page 350 Review pictures on page 351

Key Words Essential to Understanding acclimatize: to adapt to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation apex: the uppermost point; vertex ascend: to move upward descend: to move downward Sherpa: a member of a Tibetan people living on the high southern slopes of the Himalayas in eastern Nepal and known for providing support for foreign trekkers and mountain climbers

Mt. Everest Video

Class Discussion: “Into Thin Air” What literal and figurative meanings does this title have? Literal: the altitude causes the air to become thin Figurative: the title may refer to people vanishing or disappearing “into thin air”

Quickwrite with Three-Step Interview (Resource 2.1) Quickwrite: Have you ever risked your life for an adventure or a thrill? If so, what did you do and why? If not, why do you think people are willing to risk their lives for adventure?

Three-Step Interview Process Step 1: Using the quickwrite prompt, Student A interviews Student B and Student C interviews Student D. Students A and C will listen carefully to the responses because they will be repeating their partner’s response to the table group.

Three-Step Interview Process Step 2: Student B now interviews Student A and Student D interviews Student C. Students B and D will listen carefully to the responses because they will be repeating their partner’s response to the table group.

Three-Step Interview Process Step 3: Each person shares, round robin to the table group, his/her partner’s response to the quickwrite question.

Read: “Into Thin Air” Answer text-dependent questions during the reading (Resource 2.2)

Quickwrite with Three-Step Interview (Resource 2.3) Quickwrite: Many unexpected events happened to the climbers on Mt. Everest. Pick one person and discuss their reaction(s) to the unexpected events and how this experience changed their life.

Three-Step Interview Process Step 1: Using the quickwrite prompt, Student A interviews Student B and Student C interviews Student D. Students A and C will listen carefully to the responses because they will be repeating their partner’s response to the table group.

Three-Step Interview Process Step 2: Student B now interviews Student A and Student D interviews Student C. Students B and D will listen carefully to the responses because they will be repeating their partner’s response to the table group.

Three-Step Interview Process Step 3: Each person shares, round robin to the table group, his/her partner’s response to the quickwrite question.

Close Read with Depth and Complexity Frame Turn to Resource 2.4 and read the passage on your own. Complete the Depth and Complexity Frame (Resource 2.5)

DETAILS B I G D E A E T H I C S UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

Depth & Complexity Frame Details (flower): fill in this section with details you find in the text. Big Idea (columns): What is the main idea of the passage? Ethics (black & white square): What is morally questionable about this passage? What issues does it deal with? Unanswered Questions (???): What questions does this passage bring up? What questions are you left with after reading?