num_pages: 62
description: Ten lessons address character, theme, point of view, dialogue, irony, comedy, and symbolism. Students study the chapter titles and chapter endings, practice reading and writing for the Advanced Placement exam, read a Robert Frost poem in order to compare it to the novel, and discuss whether Pearl, the mother, is a poor mother in every way or if mitigating circumstances affect our perspective. They also engage in small-group work, large-group discussions, role playing, interviewing, applying material from another discipline, evaluating reviews of the novel, writing an original review, and relating the novel to their lives. Grades 9-12. (CFL135)
language: English
title: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
titlecomplete: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Curriculum Unit)
genres: American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, Family, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 30214
places: Baltimore, Maryland
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction (Hardcover)
publisher: Center for Learning