Catherine Hackman

I use this essay with freshmen to improve their writing. It includes an outline organizer, peer review sheet, rough draft rubric, and final draft rubric.

This is a study unit to accompany the book "Coming to America, a journey home" by Hieu Tran and Catherine Hackman (me). The unit is meant to be cross curricular. I included ideas for lessons involving science with small amount of math, and language arts. I did not include history in the lesson plans, but a history teacher could talk about the Vietnam War, boat people, and many other events happening during the time of the book. The unit includes multiple choice questions about the content, "Mak