1. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls

2. Objectives: 1. Students will produce a written response to an image.
2. Students will view and discuss the most recent homelessness statistics for America.
3. Students will be introduced to Jeannette Walls, the author of The Glass Castle through a television interview.
4. Students will be introduced to The Glass Castle reading schedule and begin reading.

3. Title: Picture Date: 04-17-17
Look at the following image, without talking. Then answer the following questions about the image.
What would you think if you saw this family on the street?
What kinds of assumptions and judgments would you make?
Have you seen families like this before?
How do you think they feel? (5 minutes)
Photo courtesy of awesomedc.com

4. picture is of a homeless family from Arizona.
View Homelessness in America video clip.
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5. write about which of the statistics in the film surprised you the most
write about which of the statistics in the film surprised you the most. Discuss student responses
In January 2015, 564,708 people were homeless on a given night in the United States.
Of that number, 206,286 were people in families, and
358,422 were individuals.
About 15 percent of the homeless population - 83,170 - are considered "chronically homeless” individuals.
About 2 percent - 13,105 - are considered "chronically homeless” people in families.
About 8 percent of homeless people- 47,725 - are veterans.
*chronically homeless individual is someone who has experienced homelessness for a year or longer, or who has experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three years (must be a cumulative of 12 months), and has a disability
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6. Text to Text | ‘The Glass Castle’ and ‘Life on the Streets’
In this Text to Text, we ask students to reflect on the ways individual stories might shape or change conventional beliefs about homelessness. We pair a passage from “The Glass Castle” in which Ms. Walls describes her parents’ experiences with homelessness with a 2015 New York Times photo feature, Life on the Streets, which presents interviews with people living in homeless encampments across New York City.

7. The Glass Castle -Jeannette Walls-
Background
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Watch the following clip in which Jeanette Walls talks to Stephen Colbert.
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8. Journal: Family
Part 1: Describe What American families look like today?
Part 2: Consider the following statistics, which ones support or conflict with your description?
62 percent of the nation’s 73 million children live with both biological parents
Single parents account for 27 percent of family households with children under 18.
One in three children is born to unmarried parents.
Nearly half of all marriages end in divorce.
More than half of Americans today have been, are or will be in one or more stepfamily situations.
One child out of 25 lives with neither parent.
2.4 million grandparents are the primary caregivers for the children in their families.
More than 100,000 children are adopted each year.
There are more than 4.5 million married and unmarried couples in the United States who are mixed racially or ethnically.
Estimates show that approximately 2 million American children under the age of 18 are being raised by their lesbian and gay parents.
One-third of lesbian households and one-fifth of gay male households have children.

9. Journal: Reacting to the Glass Castle 10-21-2016
You are now 75 pages into the memoir. What are your initial reactions? What do you like? What do you find startling? Annoying? Exciting? What event in the story evoked an emotional reaction (maybe you laughed out loud, tossed the book out of anger, felt bad or guilty, associated yourself with a similar scenario).
Please explain your reactions.

10. Journals for the novel are due.
Circle the journal that best demonstrates your ability to think critically and intellectually.
Hand in to the basket in the back
read to page 115 by Tuesday
Five more journals

11. As a class, read the following excerpts taken from interviews with the author, Jeannette Walls, about her experience writing The Glass Castle:
Next Steps:
Reflect on the interview excerpts by writing for 10 minutes. In this free write, consider the following questions:
1.) What do you think the author’s life was like growing up?
2.) Where do you picture her childhood taking place? Describe it.
3.) What comes to mind when you consider the words: hardscrabble, welfare, luck, privilege, free-spirited?

12. Journal: Welfare, Privilege, Free-Spirited, Homeless Oct-24th
Take a look at how you and your peers interpret the following words: welfare, privilege, free- spirited, and homeless. Find one word in each list that disagrees with your connotation of the word. Explain why you believe that that word does not belong in the list. Now: define each word. Dictionary.com or old school dictionary

13. You wrote about your thoughts on the words, hardscrabble, welfare, luck, privilege, free-spirited. How are their connotations different from their denotations?
Now consider the word HOMELESS.
What is the denotation of the word homeless?
How about the connotation?
Now go one step further... In groups of four create a Homeless Meaning Chart
Use the organizer on the back of the interview excerpts.

14. Homelessness…
1. Put the word HOMELESS in the center 2. Use the other circles to create a phrase for each of the following. (Use vivid descriptive language in your phrases)
Homelessness looks like... Homelessness feels like.... Homelessness smells like... Homelessness tastes like... Homelessness sounds like...

15. Good Morning seniors. 10-25-16
Take out your homeless organizer.
Contribute at least three thoughts to the organizer on the whiteboard.
As you see new ideas, add the ones that you like to your organizer (to be collected).
At the bottom of your organizer,
write the definition of Homeless
Take out your five reflection
journals (not the salmon
colored sheet) and circle the most
intuitive reflection.

16. Reflection Journals
Share your reflection journals with one or two other people
Read one journal that is Not circled.
Comment (in a different colored ink)
Do you agree or disagree with points? Why?
Can you relate to the quote that was discussed? Why or why not?
Other points that stand out
Didn’t do it? Start or continue working on journals.

17. Discussion questions Complete discussion questions (reading category).
Contribute to conversation.
Write answers on one sheet of paper.
Each group member must write at least one response
Choose 10 to answer.

18. Journal Title: Gender, Age, Location October 26th
Today we are going to do some research about the current state of homelessness in America.
Journal: Gender, Age, Location. How do these factors affect homelessness? Explain.
Watch the following clip from The New Yorker Homeless in New York: The Other Millennials What do you think? Is the definition changing for younger people?

19. write an Op-Ed (Opinion) Article
read three articles & complete the blue worksheet. One that makes a gender comment, one an age comment and another from the Location Perspective. Feel Free to Choose Another Source if Those Given Do Not Work.
Once you have finished reading the articles, you need to form an opinion about the idea of homelessness. Then write an Op-Ed (Opinion) Article in which you discuss your opinion and put forth a solution to the said problem.
Due: November 2nd TurnitIN
Use the following guide to writing the article.
At least 250 words
Make a claim and support it with evidence from the reading.
Put forth a solution for your chosen claim.
Create a Headline that contains an active verb.

20. Good Morning Please smile about something awesome
Write down on a sticky note what you commit to accomplishing during this class period (stick to whiteboard). Remember your name. Participation points.
Here are your options
Read and write journal reflections
Complete blue sheet about homeless articles
Begin writing your mini essay (due November 2nd)

21. Good Morning Seniors Today we will:
As a class, Read Four excerpts from the Glass Castle.
Memoir: It’s All a Matter of Perspective
KWL (collected)
Complete a KWL by discussing with your peers and taking notes
Santaland diaries
Listen to an Example of a memoir
Write your own
Write your own memoir
One complete paragraph: due Wednesday

22. Memoir: It’s All a Matter of Perspective
As a class, we will Read the following excerpts from The Glass Castle.
Then in groups of four discuss the passages.
What do they have I common?
How are they different?

23. KWL: What is a memoir Complete the Know and want
Watch the video and take notes on the learn
When the video is done, add to your learn list by discussing with your peers what you learned.

24. Memoir Paragraph
Following the model, students will create a memoir paragraph.
You can finish this sentence with a story. “When I walked into first grade for the first time…
Or you can simply write about a family story that you have heard many times before.
The memoir paragraph should be written in paragraph form, making sure to include the elements that have been discussed. Homework: Paragraph is due on Wednesday.