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Year long essential question: How do different perspectives impact the way we see people and events?
Year long essential question: How do different perspectives impact the way we see people and events?
Introduction & Interludes: How To Read Literature Like a Professor
Introduction & Interludes: How To Read Literature Like a Professor
"A lively and entertaining guide to making [the] reading experience more rewarding and fun."
Focuses on literary basics: major themes and motifs (seasons, quests, food, politics, geography, weather, vampires, violence, illness, and many more); literary models (Shakespeare's plays, Greek mythology, fairy tales, the Bible); and narrative devices (form, irony, plot, and symbol, among others).
Rhetorical Analysis: Unit 1
Rhetorical Analysis: Unit 1
How do authors use language to impact an audience?
The Crucible: Unit 2
The Crucible: Unit 2
What happens when belief systems of societies and individuals come into conflict?
When should an individual take a stand in opposition to an individual or larger group?
When is it appropriate to challenge the beliefs or values of society?
When a person's individual choices are in direct conflict with his/her society, what are the consequences?
The Scarlet Letter: Unit 3
The Scarlet Letter: Unit 3
How do the decisions and actions of characters reveal their personalities?
In the face of adversity, what causes some individuals to prevail while others fail?
What are enduring questions and conflicts that writers (and their cultures) grappled with 100s of years ago (per this text specifically) that are still relevant today?
Transcendentalism & Gothicism: Unit 4
Transcendentalism & Gothicism: Unit 4
How do beliefs, ethics, or values influence behavior?
What factors shape our values and beliefs?
As I Lay Dying: Unit 5
As I Lay Dying: Unit 5
How do decisions, actions, and consequences vary depending on the different perspectives of the people involved?
How does an individual's point of view affect the way they deal with conflict and/or change?
The Great Gatsby: Unit 6
The Great Gatsby: Unit 6
How do decisions and actions of characters reveal their personalities?
How does an individual's point of view affect the way they deal with conflict and/or change?
How do personal experiences shape our view of others?
In what way does bias and/or perspective influence your understanding and personal attitude toward the characters in Gatsby?
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