In this module, students explore the idea of adversity of people across time and place, and through multiple modes of writing.

Guiding Questions:

• How do authors use language to convey theme and meaning in a literary text?

• What adversities do the children of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! relate through their monologues?

• Do we struggle with the same adversities as the people of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!?

Big Ideas:

• Themes of adversity can be both specific to and transcendent of time and place.

• Authors use figurative language and word choice to convey meaning and theme in a literary

Module 2 Student Workbook