UD READS - All the Light We Cannot See

All The Light We Cannot See 
Teaching Resources
Created by Erin Begle, Certified Teacher
MacArthur High School
Irving, TX

Essential Questions:

1. "The pen is an instrument of discovery rather than just a recording implement"
   - Billy Collins (Poet Laureate 2001 - 2003)
   Does Anthony Doerr use the pen as an instrument of discovery or a recording implement?
2. All The Light We Cannot See - What is the light that cannot be seen?

TEK Standards for Activites

• Warm Up / Exit Tickets - 
  • Blank Warm Up Sheet
  • Week 1 - Author's Purpose, Denotation / Connotation, Theme
  • What is it like to be blind?  Blindfold Activities - page 29-31
  • Playlist /  Class Starters
  • Listen to President Eisenhower's D-Day Speech (less than 2 minutes)
• Sample Reading Comprehension Quiz - Quiz 1

Activities

• Timeline Project (2 day assignment - most beneficial at beginning of reading)
• Veteran Testimony Activity-DDay information- Jigsaw- Gallery Walk  (2 Day Lesson appropriate at any point in reading)
• Book Club/Literature Circles Resources (If reading predominantly during class time)
  • Vocabulary Virtuoso
  • Literary Luminary
  • Discussion Leader
  • Character Correspondent
  • Capable Connector
  • Reading Schedule Example (if using multiple books)
• Socratic Seminar/ Book Club Printable Reading Questions (1 Day Seminar, when reading is complete)
• Name Game  post-reading Name Game

Final Project Idea

• Multigenre Project / Presentation of Book Club

Field Trip Possibilities

• Dallas Holocaust Museum
• University of Dallas All The Light We Cannot See Tour
• National World War II Museum - New Orleans
• Dallas Museum of Natural History - Fair Park
• Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Free Online Resources

• Character List QuizLet
• Excerpt pieces of WWII compilation of broadcasts  (four videos)
• Establish a free account to access ready made lists at vocabulary.com for multiple applications that will directly link to a google account for teacher and student access
• All The Light We Cannot See Reading Guide (Simon & Schuster)

All materials created for this project are licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.  Materials can be used freely to support the curriculum related to UD Reads through the University of Dallas.  Questions regarding content and use should be directed to Erin Begle.