As I guide my sophomores through the picaresque Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I have decided to focus on how Huck comes of age, and puts away childish things especially after he insults his friend Jim's intelligence with a puerile prank during the fog/trash separartion time. Huck knows that he has really annoyed Jim, and the little voice inside his head tells him to apologize, an action almost unthinkable back then because most whites would never condescend to say sorry to a black man, and a slave no less.
The students are to write an essay in which they define maturity and immaturity, giving specific examples that illustrate each. They then need to explain how they classify themselves on the maturity scale. Do adults, teachers, and other students deem them to be more mature or immature, and vice-versa.
Here is some of my brainstorming:
The students are to write an essay in which they define maturity and immaturity, giving specific examples that illustrate each. They then need to explain how they classify themselves on the maturity scale. Do adults, teachers, and other students deem them to be more mature or immature, and vice-versa.
Here is some of my brainstorming:
Signs of immaturity are as follows and most of them resemble behaviors of toddlers:
- Exhibiting very little sense of responsibility.
- Failure to empathize with others.
- Playing and goofing around when it's completely inappropriate.
- Losing one's temper over stupid stuff.
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