“This One Summer”by Mariko Tamaki
Tamaki, Mariko. This One Summer. New York: First Second, 2014.
Lexile: 300
Fountas and Pinnell: Level Z
Recommended for: Grades 5-7
Summary: This is a graphic novel about a girl named Rose goes with her parents to their lakehouse in Awago Beach. She has a friend named Windy who is like a little sister to her. This is a different summer though. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy try to escape the drama they come into a whole new set of problems they have to deal with. This book can be considered controversial because it deals with some hot topics like: teen pregnancy, peer pressure, and depression among other things.
Activity: This book would be great to use in the classroom for an ELA lesson on teaching Persuasive Writing and “Controversy in Literature”. Students will be able to read this book (among others) and apply examples from the book that could be considered controversial or too sensitive. They will chose a side either FOR or AGAINST having this book in our school library. They will then find instances in the book that pertain to topics of concern, and support their reasons with evidence. Students will then be able to debate their claims and evidence with the rest of the class as part of a Mock Trial Debate on identifying quality literature for students. I would use this book as a teachable moment to have m students decide as a class if this book should or shouldn't be allowed in schools and the support to backup their claims. Students will fill out their graphic organizers and then write a persuasive essay in which will be presented during the debate portion of the activity. We will vote as a class on if this book should stay on the shelves or be put to the side because it is “too controversial”.
Students will be able to respond to their peers through questioning and comments. The teacher will be assessing this through the use of a checklist for each student presentation and comments that are made on their overall understanding.
Learning Outcome: Students will read This One Summer and identify controversial issues throughout. They will then choose a side and state a claim whether they think this literature should stay in the school library or be banned, with three reasons and examples to support their claims.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will state a claim, identify and explain three reasons of controversial topics discussed in “This One Summer”. (Cognitive) Here is the graphic organizer they will be using.
- Students will debate their findings with other peers to determine if this literature should be kept on school library shelves (Psychomotor, Affective) Students will be assessed through a teacher checklist of observation.
Standards:
NYS Common Core:
Key Ideas and Details:
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
AASL:
2.3.1 Connect understanding to the real world.
4.3.1 Participate in the social exchange of ideas, both electronically and in person.
Information Literacy Continuum:
5.7 Forms opinion and uses evidence from text to back it up.
Work Cited:
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Using Graphic Novels in Education: The One Summer. 2007, Retrieved on October 5th, from http://cbldf.org/2015/02/using-graphic-novels-in-education-this-one-summer/
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