http://www.scribd.com/doc/75415995/Charlie-O#scribd
Distance from Oregon to Arkansas: 2,056 miles
Rationale for piece: This piece would do best with eleventh and twelfth grade students, because of the sexual content that takes place. It is important for the students to understand the reality of these situations, but it should be waited until they are older to discuss in a classroom setting maturely. You would have to know the class before teaching this, and decide if they could take it seriously. I think that students would enjoy doing in-depth character analysis of Charlie-O and the narrator. Both characters carry a lot of weight, with foils for each other, as well as similarities. Students could do their culminating assignment on a character analysis. This would be the main focus of reading this work in class. However, I also think that moving is an important topic for students in high school. Most of them have moved, and some may even be new students. I think that this would help students open up on their thoughts about the stories. I think that the visual of distance between the two places is important for students, you can tell them how many miles, but until they can visually see how far, it doesn't click with them.
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