Blessings
In this unusual juxtaposition of four generations, two losers are unexpectedly given a new lease on life through focusing their attention on someone other than themselves—a newborn whose parentage they don’t even know. Blessings addresses human decency and the redemption of love; abandonment and establishing family and security; small-town life and class; and ethnic discrimination.
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.
Price: $19.95
Literary Form
American Novel
Student Activities
Students role play, write narratives and essays, think critically to draw conclusions and recognize inferences, discuss a poem’s meaning in relation to the novel, and answer an interview from a particular character’s viewpoint. They also analyze exposition, dialogue, and the deus ex machina ending.
Supplementary materials include essay topics and a final test with answer key.
Ethical Values
- Adaptability
- Compassion
- Family commitment
- Integrity
- Loyalty
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