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Grade Level:
9 - 12
Literary Form:
American Novel
Paired with:
A Lesson before Dying12 Lesson Plans/28 Handouts/88 Pages
ISBN:978-1-56077-765-6
Description:
The Green Mile, an imitation of Charles Dickens’s serialized novel writing of the 1800s, was originally presented in the form of six consecutively-published paperbacks. A supernatural tale of good and evil at a Louisiana prison’s death row during the Great Depression, prison guard and narrator, Paul Edgecombe recalls the execution of wrongly-convicted John Coffey. Edgecombe’s recollection illustrates truth, the forces of good and evil, death, and endurance of the most difficult circumstances.
Activities:
Students identify the main characters, main plot, subplots, the role of the narrator, setting, and conflicts. Students examine the themes of the novel. Academic activities include sequencing events, analyzing, brainstorming, essay writing, comparing and contrasting, discussing, and categorizing.
Two lessons compare the novel with A Lesson before Dying. The supplementary materials feature a bibliography, an objective test, an answer key, and essay topics for the novel.
Ethical Values:
Compassion
Faith
Family
Justice
Respect
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