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Lesson 5

We will read the first 15 pages of Chapter 10: “Patria, January to March 1960” and analyze the text through the biographical lens.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension?

  • Can I use connections among details, elements, and effects to make logical deductions about an author’s perspective, purpose, and meaning in texts?

Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010

Materials

Tools

Question Sets

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Read – Discuss

We will review what we know about the biographical lens.

With a partner, review the information you collected about Julia Alvarez in Section 1.

Respond to the following question:

  1. What connections can you make between Julia Alvarez and her novel?

Activity 2: Read – Write

We will read pages 200–215 of chapter 10.

Read and annotate pages 200-215 of Chapter 10, "Patria, January to March 1960," through the biographical lens.

Discuss your understanding and annotations with a partner.

Discuss with the class to ensure your understanding of this excerpt of the chapter.

Activity 3: Write

We will use the Analyzing Relationships Tool to analyze the text through the biographical lens.

Use the following guiding question on anAnalyzing Relationships Tool to analyze In the Time of the Butterflies through the biographical lens:

  1. How do aspects of Julia Alvarez’s life show up in Chapter 10?

Consider what happens during the church service Patria attends. Think about how Julia Alvarez uses this event to portray the relationship between church and state.

Activity 4: Read – Write

We will focus on the relationship between the author and the text.

Reread the first 15 pages of Chapter 10 and identify three more details from the text that illustrate specific knowledge or experiences that you believe were formed by Julia Alvarez’s experiences. Be sure to summarize each detail.