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Branch Out!
Work with the English department and have them implement this additional lesson

Objective: Students may have the opportunity to read a donation related book.
Materials Needed: Choose one novel from the recommended reading list.

Lesson Plan

• Students will read the novel and respond in a variety of ways, including written essay or class discussion.
• Students may be asked to discuss characteristics of the novel, including the author’s viewpoint.
• Students can be asked to find additional information on organ donation and report on their findings.

Recommended Reading List

TITLE & AUTHOR
A Gift of Life: A Page from the Life of a Living Organ Donor by Lynn Chabot-Long
Hope From My Heart by Rich DeVos
It Gets Dark Sometimes: My Sister’s Fight to Live and Save Lives by Jeffery Marx
Our Hero, Freebird: An Organ Donor’s Story by Joy McCaleb
The Nicholas Effect  by Reg Green
The Gift That Heals by Reg Green
Saving Jessica by Lurlene McDaniels
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Raising the Dead: Organ Transplants, Ethics, and Society by Ronald Munson
The Power of Two: A Twin Triumph Over Cystic Fibrosis by 
Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and Anabel Stenzel

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