Charlene Yum Professor Warner English 112B 6 December 2016 Unit of Study: Adventure Trials of Knowledge, Self, and Stamina Unit Plan: I chose to do a unit plan on by Christopher Paolini because I wanted to organize Eragon a unit with the focus on Adventure centering around adolescent identity and self-discovery from the genre Adventure, Sports, Mysteries, and the Supernatural. In this book, Eragon finds a dragon and has an internal connection with her. His Uncle who has housed him has been killed by a dark force that is trying to take the dragon. He goes through a journey in which he has to determine what choices to take and to use his free will to assess the knowledge his mentors give him. I like this text because the main character Eragon faces the crisis and common question adolescents may ask of themselves: is my purpose in my life?’ What do I do to come up ‘What with this answer? Where do I go? This book demonstrates the courage and critical thinking a teen face in conflict to use his voice and make decisions. With this book, teens can relate with the friendships that Eragon creates. It can help students identify external and internal conflict they have in their lives and how to figure out which path they should take. It’s an adventurous story that explores the theme of language and communication, friendship, love, free-will, and self-discovery. I would teach this book to 9th or 10th graders because it measures a 710L on the Lexile Scale. The book is for middle school and up, but it does touch on the topic of death so I would recommend it for high school use. This book also exemplifies two of the Exeter Qualities strongly. The character goes beyond the typical experiences so that readers can use fictional experiences to develop in their personal lives. And there are themes that allow for emotional and intellectual growth through engagement with personal issues. When choosing an Adventure book, I had a thought. Have you ever read a book with no reading Are there books that don’t have value? How is the reading value defined? What is I have a few answers to these questions and some are more complicated which leads the merit? us to the focus of reading.
Charlene Yum Professor Warner English 112B 6 December 2016 Unit of Study: Adventure Trials of Knowledge, Self, and Stamina Unit Plan: I chose to do a unit plan on Eragon by Christopher Paolini because I wanted to organize a unit with the focus on Adventure centering around adolescent identity and self-discovery from the genre Adventure, Sports, Mysteries, and the Supernatural. In this book, Eragon finds a dragon and has an internal connection with her. His Uncle who has housed him has been killed by a dark force that is trying to take the dragon. He goes through a journey in which he has to determine what choices to take and to use his free will to assess the knowledge his mentors give him. I like this text because the main character Eragon faces the crisis and common question adolescents may ask of themselves: ‘What is my purpose in my life?’ What do I do to come up with this answer? Where do I go? This book demonstrates the courage and critical thinking a teen face in conflict to use his voice and make decisions. With this book, teens can relate with the friendships that Eragon creates. It can help students identify external and internal conflict they have in their lives and how to figure out which path they should take. It’s an adventurous story that explores the theme of language and communication, friendship, love, free-will, and self-discovery. I would teach this book to 9th or 10th graders because it measures a 710L on the Lexile Scale. The book is for middle school and up, but it does touch on the topic of death so I would recommend it for high school use. This book also exemplifies two of the Exeter Qualities strongly. The character goes beyond the typical experiences so that readers can use fictional experiences to develop in their personal lives. And there are themes that allow for emotional and intellectual growth through engagement with personal issues. When choosing an Adventure book, I had a thought. Have you ever read a book with no reading Are there books that don’t have value? How is the reading value defined? What is the merit? I have a few answers to these questions and some are more complicated which leads us to the focus of reading.
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