![]() ![]() As students read, they’ll also prepare a social justice speech. In this literature circle unit, students will choose between three Black Lives Matter movement-inspired novels: The Hate U Give, Dear Martin, or All American Boys. If your question can only be answered by one book, the question is not essential. So, how do know a question is essential? What Makes a Question Essential?Ī really great essential question is one that can be answered by many novels. Essential questions should help students take the lessons from a book and apply those lessons to their own lives. Essential questions, you might call them.Īn essential question should help readers transcend the novel. So we need to ask some big questions that will connect what we read to how we live. ![]() And I want my students to experience that. Literature should help us understand the world around us and our place in it. Literature should do more than help us become better readers and writers. ![]() This pattern isn’t bad if your a relatively new teacher. Grab my The Hate U Give Unit here complete with essential questions used throughout! ![]()
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