‘The Hero’ by S.L.Rottman is a very inspiring story as well as motivational. It would be a great book for middle school and reluctant high-school readers. It has very strong themes and most of all readability. This book could be used in many ways in terms of designing activities and tasks. For example, it could be used as a pre-reading strategty such as discussions, making predictions, brainstorming, generating questions and many more. In this book, students could predict what Sean will say in his essay or how the story will end. Students could also compare this book to another which they have read and explain why they prefer one over the other. This can bridge the gap of what they know and what they don’t know. Apart from that, students can also do research from this book whereby further research can be conducted on topics such as physical abuse and then present the information to the class. In this way, interaction will be generated and discussion will take place. This will also improve their thinking skills. Besides, they will appreciate the book and know what is the story about. Further classroom activities can also be conducted by asking the students to do a research on a hero. Questions like if the hero is dead, is he or she still admired ?, what made the hero to be successful ? and so on can be posed. This will make them to think and generate ideas. On the other hand, if students are having a hard time deciding which hero to study, the teacher can suggest some of the famous persons’ to look at like Neil Armstrong, Mother Teresa, Princess Diana and so on. Besides that, activities like what is responsibility ? and asking the class to name and discuss the different kinds of responsibility like personal, family, friends, society can be done. Questions like how do our responsibility change ? and many more can be posed. This will make them to get to know themselves better and appreciate their learning.
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