Theme: |
Characterization, Analytical Response to Literature
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Grades: |
9 - 12
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Subject: |
English
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Duration: |
2-3 class periods
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Standards
& Goals: |
New Jersey State Core Curriculum Content Standards/Reading/Language Arts:
3.4: All students will listen actively to information from variety of sources in a variety of situations.
3.2.12.A.2: Define and narrow a problem or research topic.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read and/or listen to the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin and discuss it literally and analytically.
- Discuss how feelings can influence characters’ actions within a story
- Write an essay describing how various feelings influenced the actions of three main characters
- Learn the definition of the literary genre bildungsroman.
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