What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far?
The Awakening
30 minutes total
ByKate Chopin
Grade9-10
Time30 minutes
Essential question
What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far?
Marked passage
Passage location
Chapter X
Start anchor
Edna had attempted all summer to learn to swim.
End anchor
But by an effort she rallied her staggering faculties and managed to regain the land.
Passage focus
Edna learns to swim
Ways to teach it
Listening
Listen to the exact passage; visual following is optional. Same question and evidence demand.
Solo
Read the exact passage independently.
Supported
Use narration and sentence highlighting while reading the same passage.
Teacher guide
Close
Name the single detail that most changed or sharpened your interpretation, and explain why.
Evidence
Use her earlier uncertainty, the bodily sensation of keeping herself afloat, and the language of sudden power or daring that follows.
Mark
Underline the details showing Edna’s uncertainty before she swims. Circle the words describing her feeling once she realizes she can keep herself afloat. Star the moment when confidence outruns the actual distance traveled.
Instructional move
Track physical action as a change in self-conception
Notice
• What can Edna physically do before she begins thinking differently about herself? • Which feeling appears as soon as she recognizes her own control? • Why is 'where no woman had swum before' important as a perception even if it is not literally true?
Strong answer
Edna's self-conception changes before her swimming achievement is objectively large. The moment she realizes she can control her own body in the water, confidence expands faster than distance.
Think
Answer provisionally: What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far? Choose the strongest interpretation you can defend from this passage alone.
Watch for
Do not measure the change by how far she swims. The lesson asks what changes in how she understands herself.
Why this passage
Edna’s first successful swimming matters less for distance than for the sudden confidence she experiences while moving under her own power. Her sense of self changes before the physical achievement becomes impressive.
Write
Write a short evidence-based response to: What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far? Use at least two details from the assigned passage and explain how they support your interpretation.
Student tasks
Mark
Underline the details showing Edna’s uncertainty before she swims. Circle the words describing her feeling once she realizes she can keep herself afloat. Star the moment when confidence outruns the actual distance traveled.
Notice
What can Edna physically do before she begins thinking differently about herself? Which feeling appears as soon as she recognizes her own control? Why is 'where no woman had swum before' important as a perception even if it is not literally true?
Think
Answer provisionally: What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far?
Write
Write a short response using at least two pieces of evidence from this passage. Use evidence from the assigned passage. Show what you noticed and how the text supports your interpretation.
Ready-to-teach lesson
TumbleTA 6-12 · TEXT-BASED LESSON
BATCH 02 · 9-10 · LESSON 48
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far?
TOTAL TIME
PASSAGE
30 minutes
Edna learns to swim
FIND THE ANCHOR TEXT
Use the Anchor Text Table of Contents in the Enhanced Reader to open the START anchor. Then use the dropdown to select the END anchor.
SECTION / LOCATION
Chapter X
START
Edna had attempted all summer to learn to swim.
END
But by an effort she rallied her staggering faculties and managed to regain the land.
PASSAGE ID
sec-aw-02
THE MOVE
Track physical action as a change in self-conception
WHY THIS PASSAGE
Edna’s first successful swimming matters less for distance than for the sudden confidence she experiences while moving under her own power. Her sense of self changes before the physical achievement becomes impressive.
MARK
Underline the details showing Edna’s uncertainty before she swims. Circle the words describing her feeling once she realizes she can keep herself afloat. Star the moment when confidence outruns the actual distance traveled.
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NOTICE
What can Edna physically do before she begins thinking differently about herself?
Which feeling appears as soon as she recognizes her own control?
Why is 'where no woman had swum before' important as a perception even if it is not literally
true?
THINK
Answer provisionally: What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far? Choose the strongest interpretation you can defend from this passage alone.
WRITE
Write a short evidence-based response to: What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far? Use at least two details from the assigned passage and explain how they support your interpretation.
CLOSE
Name the single detail that most changed or sharpened your interpretation, and explain why.
STRONG ANSWER
Edna's self-conception changes before her swimming achievement is objectively large. The moment she realizes she can control her own body in the water, confidence expands faster than distance.
EVIDENCE
Use her earlier uncertainty, the bodily sensation of keeping herself afloat, and the language of sudden power or daring that follows.
WATCH FOR
Do not measure the change by how far she swims. The lesson asks what changes in how she understands herself.
SOLO
Read the exact passage independently.
SUPPORTED
Use narration and sentence highlighting while reading the same passage.
LISTENING
Listen to the exact passage; visual following is optional. Same question and evidence demand.
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STUDENT PAGE · SAME PASSAGE, SAME THINKING
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far?
START ANCHOR
Edna had attempted all summer to learn to swim.
END ANCHOR
But by an effort she rallied her staggering faculties and managed to regain the land.
Use the Anchor Text Table of Contents in the Enhanced Reader to open the START anchor. Then use the dropdown to select the END anchor.
OPEN THE MARKED PASSAGE IN TUMBLELIT
SOLO: read independently. SUPPORTED: use narration + highlighting. LISTENING: listen to the exact passage. The question and evidence task stay the same.
1.MARK - Underline the details showing Edna’s uncertainty before she swims. Circle the words
describing her feeling once she realizes she can keep herself afloat. Star the moment when confidence outruns the actual distance traveled.
2.NOTICE - What can Edna physically do before she begins thinking differently about herself?
Which feeling appears as soon as she recognizes her own control? Why is 'where no woman had swum before' important as a perception even if it is not literally true?
3.THINK - Answer provisionally: What changes in Edna before she has actually swum very far?
4.WRITE - Write a short response using at least two pieces of evidence from this passage.
Use evidence from the assigned passage. Show what you noticed and how the text supports your interpretation.
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