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One Child

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This unit uses three pieces of literature: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? directed by Lasse Halstrom, One Child by Torey Hayden and "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride.

 

Research project

 

Part of this unit is learning how to synthesize information from several sites. A goal I have is to raise your awareness of various learning disabilities. Download the instruction sheet here for this project. You can find the rubric for the presentation here.

 

Lost your vocabulary words? No problem. Download another copy. Need the second list? Download it here.

 

End of unit activity:

 

Both One Child and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? deal with overcoming disabilities of many sorts. After watching the movie and reading the book, mark the chart below and fill out the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the characters of these two works.

 

1) After viewing the movie, think about the character’s emotional, physical and mental status in the film. Then put a checkmark in the appropriate box for that character’s problem throughout the story.

 

                                                            DISABILITIES

Character

Emotional

Physical

Mental

None/other

 

 

Gilbert Grape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arnie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) We will discuss the answers as a class; be prepared to defend your choices.

 

3) Using the Venn Diagram you’ve filled out, write an essay that compares and contrasts the two characters.

 

PowerPoint version of the Venn Diagram needed for the essay: venn gilbert and torey.ppt

 

Picture version of the Venn Diagram needed for the essay: Venn Diagram

 

Teacher files for One Child

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