A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn portrays a young girl coming of age in the early twentieth century. The heroine, Francie Nolan, reacts to the privations, sufferings, and unique joys of life in a poor, urban neighborhood. Francie encounters dilemmas such as coming to terms with a parent’s death, planning a career, adjusting to a new school, overcoming society’s stereotypes, falling in love, holding on to a dream, and searching for self.
About the Series:
Novel/Drama curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with plot summary, background, and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These study guides encourage the development of thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Literary Form
American Novel
Student Activities
In this unit, students focus on historical framework; design a T-shirt for the main character; examine literary terms including setting, characterization, language devices, plot, conflict, theme, symbolism, and imagery; read and react to a graph; analyze societal roles of women and implicit values; think critically and creatively; and write a values comparison.
The unit features comprehension quizzes.
Ethical Values
- Adaptability
- Compassion
- Courage
- Endurance
- Family commitment
- Self-actualization
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