November 6 & 7, 2025
Agenda
* Starter: An American Childhood Quiz
* Complete #4 of the Cognitive Reading Strategies Notes while you view the presentation.
Practice #1: “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Respond on Canvas:
Writing Response / Prompt #1: What is The Misfit’s philosophy? How does he see things differently from the grandmother?
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Writing Response / Prompt #2: “She would of been a good woman,” The Misfit explains, “if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.” Explore the significance of the brief eulogy of the grandmother that concludes this short story. What does the Misfit recognize about the grandmother in this moment? Was the grandmother a “good woman” or not?
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