| Write the conversation they would have if they met somewhere | Elements that would be important to mention would include a shared poverty — and a shared history of theft because of that poverty |
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| In what ways are they different? Jones' apartment — which is really just one room with some screens to separate areas | Ask students what they think the main idea rhetorical argument of the story is |
| Then, ask the students what the boy and the woman have in common | Have students draw and label diagrams of their own bedrooms, including size dimensions |
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| How did the story turn out? When they return, ask them to think about what it would be like to have their entire house in a space the size of their bedrooms | The boy is 24 or 25 years old, and Mrs |
Have students read this story — either silently as you read aloud, or aloud to each other in small groups.