Uglies: Shay's Story

Grade Level:

8

Subject:

Language Arts

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Goal Summary:

Teach and analyze the graphic novel Uglies: Shay's Story

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Essential Questions:

Are the students able to determine major plot points of the story?
Do the students show interest in the story, and wish to read independently?
Do the students understand the patterns of reading a comic? Dialogue and narrative?
Can the students make predictions about the text?
Can the students site evidence for predictions from the text?
Who are the uglies?
Who are the pretties?
Who are the smoke?
What does it mean to be pretty?
What does it mean to be ugly?
what is a rebellion?
Why would a group rebel?
If you were an ugly right now, would you want to become a pretty at 16? Why?
Would you want to stay an ugly and join the smoke? Why?

Students need to be able to use their knowledge of fictional texts to develop their own personal responses.

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