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Ben Carson was not always at the top of his class. What were his early challenges? What role did his mother play in his success? What strategies should he utilize in order to ensure his collegiate success? What characteristics does he display that made him able to move on after certain failures?
Ben Carson was not always at the top of his class. What were his early challenges? What role did his mother play in his success? What strategies should he utilize in order to ensure his collegiate success? What characteristics does he display that made him able to move on after certain failures?
Ben Carson was not always at the top of his class. What were his early challenges? What role did his mother play in his success? What strategies should he utilize in order to ensure his collegiate success? What characteristics does he display that made him able to move on after certain failures?
Planning Document Chapters to be covered Accountable Talk Discussion Questions
Academic Vocabulary
Journal Prompts
3, 5, 7-9, 11, 19-20
Ben Carson was not always at the top of his class. What were his early challenges? What did he do to overcome those challenges? (Connecting back with family) What role did Ben Carsons mother play in his success? When Carson entered college, he realized he lacked study skills because he was always able to skirt by without much effort. What strategies should he utilize in order to ensure his collegiate success? What advice do you have for him? Being a world-class neurosurgeon doesnt mean Carson is free from error. What mistakes did he make early on? How did he recover? What characteristics does he display that made him able to move on after certain failures? Individuals do not become successful overnight. Carsons world-famous surgery separating the twins came after decades of hard work and determination. How did he and others that you identified in our introductory lesson overcome their environmental and personal challenges to become successful? Sympathetically, sophisticated, unconventional, genuinely, ostracized, pivotal, unprecedented, cultivated, indifference, emulate, perceptive, nebulous, arrogantly, discordant, prestigious, audacious, aspirations, trepidation, adversity, compulsion, intuitively, feasible What are your goals for this year? What actions are required of you in order to reach those goals? What actions did Ben Carson put in place to ensure his success? Do you feel like any of these strategies are useful? Why or why not? How do you feel about being in a highachieving class rotation? Do you feel like youve worked towards this class or that you have a natural ability that earned you a place? Do you think this
Assessments
rotation is helpful for your future? Why
or why not? Do you think the traditional education you are receiving is relevant for you and your goals? What other programs could schools provide for students like you? When have you persevered to overcome a challenge? What do you attribute to your success in that scenario? Are there any words of advice you could take from Gifted Hands? Do you have any advice for young Ben Carson as he navigates through the world? Academic vocabulary quizzes Cause and effect quizzes, for chapters 3, 5, and 7-9. Speaking and listening formative observations Connections Unit Test: students use the book to complete a unit test, making connections among chapters and using characterization and text evidence to support thinking