Reading: Literature
 
RL.11-12.3
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- RL.11-12.1Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
- RL.11-12.2Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
- RL.11-12.3Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
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RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
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Characterization in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
Big Idea:
Old Scratch and a termagant wife add to Tom Walker's travails.
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Black Cat"
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
Big Idea:
Poe's macabre style is the cat's pajama.
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A Rose for Emily Part II
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
Big Idea:
Emily's is dying to get married: Is Emily a predator or victim?
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Flannery O'Connor: The Life You Save May Be Your Own
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
Big Idea:
The grotesque and the obsessed maneuver through the American South.
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The Southern Gothic: A Rose for Emily
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Gothic Literature: The Short Story
Big Idea:
A rose is not just a rose: Emily's dreams wither along with her perception of reality.
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An Allegorical Investigation of "The Minister's Black Veil"
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism
Big Idea:
Making the leap from finding allegory in "Horton Hears a Who" to finding allegory in "The Minister's Black Veil" is easier than you'd think!
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Introduction to Their Eyes Were Watching God
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Reading Their Eyes Were Watching God
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Reading Their Eyes Were Watching God
Big Idea:
Helping students find a comfortable entry point to this complex novel.
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Chapters 1-3 Quiz/Read Chapter 4
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: The Great Gatsby
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: The Great Gatsby
Get 'Em Moving by Blocking Out Chapter 4 of Great Gatsby
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?
Big Idea:
You haven't lived as an ELA teacher until you've watched students latch on to the role of Meyer Wolfshiem...luxuriating nosehairs and all!
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Ravin' About "The Raven": Inside Gothic Lit with Oates & Poe
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism
Big Idea:
If there's one thing kids understand, it's how creepy Christopher Walken is. Now let's apply that to Gothic Lit!
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Tracing Literary Elements through Music & Origin Myths
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Early American Voices & Developing Reading Habits
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Early American Voices & Developing Reading Habits
Big Idea:
Could combining your students' love for music and childhood memories of "story time" really help you teach figurative language? You betcha!
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"The Good and the Badde": Using Primary Texts to Unmask Female Stereotypes
12th Grade ELA »
Unit: "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare: Unmasking a Troubling Text
12th Grade ELA »
Unit: "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare: Unmasking a Troubling Text
Big Idea:
Primary documents offer insights into gender roles in Shakespeare's texts.
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Reviewing "Winter Dreams" & Embarking on The Great Gatsby
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?
Big Idea:
If only Fitzgerald’s leading men had “bros” to sit them down to say, “Hey man, don’t be a psycho & lose yourself--she’s crazy.” #golddiggers
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"Why We Broke Up" with Beowulf: Using YA Fiction to Tell Our Stories and Understand Stories from the Past
12th Grade ELA »
Unit: We Need a Hero: The Anglo-Saxon Epic "Beowulf"
12th Grade ELA »
Unit: We Need a Hero: The Anglo-Saxon Epic "Beowulf"
Big Idea:
We all have stories to tell about people, places, and things we value.
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Reviewing Reading Logs & Exploring the Devices (and Dashes!) of Poetry
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism
11th Grade ELA »
Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism
Big Idea:
A poetry lesson that results in a spontaneous rap session? Longfellow would be proud, though Dickinson would still be obsessed with death...
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