1. The Other Wes Moore: Part I Fathers & Angels
Chapter One: Is Daddy Coming With Us?

2. On Your Desk:
*The Other Wes Moore
*Pen or Pencil
*Notebook Paper

3. As you read... Create a T-Chart on your paper Label each side:
Wes Moore (First-Person)
Wes Moore (Third-Person)
As you read, keep a record of any details that help you develop each character and their families.

4. Important Quotations
*Identify at least one scene or one quotation from chapter one that you feel is important and aids in understanding the “author” Wes Moore and/or the “other” Wes Moore. Explain why you selected it.

5. On Your Desk: *The Other Wes Moore *Pen or Pencil
*Notebook Paper (from Yesterday)
*Textbook

6. Define the term “father” in traditional and nontraditional terms.
What is a father?
Define the term “father” in traditional and nontraditional terms.
*3 minutes; then discuss.

7. Quickwrite for Class Discussion
What role(s) could a father play in a child’s life? Address the impact of a father who is present and of one who is absent *You have 5 minutes.

8. President Obama on the subject of Fathers
"We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child - it's the courage to raise one."
-- President Barack Obama

9. Fatherhood.gov
Why do you think there is a government website dedicated to fatherhood?
(President Obama grew up without his dad involved in his life).
*Support Programs
*Education
*Activities

10. Choices (2 minutes)
What kind of choices have you had to make in the last month? Write down FIVE choices/decisions that you have made and rank them in the order of most importance (#1) to least importance (#5).

11. Compare with a Partner
Compare your list with a partner. Did you have the same choices? Why are your choices similar or different? Explain.
*One minute*

12. Read “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (textbook page 188)
Themes in Literature
Read “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (textbook page 188)

13. Analysis (Defend with textual evidence)
What does the title mean?
The speaker is happy with his choice. Defend or challenge this statement; use textual evidence to support your claim.
Will the speaker return to try another path?
How does this poem symbolize LIFE?

14. Theme
As we read The Other Wes Moore, take note of how the theme (or central message) of CHOICES is evident throughout the text.