English Language Arts Grade 11-12
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Reading: Literature Standard 5

Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

• Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral
  In the lessons of this curriculum unit, students: Explore the use of multiple voices in narration; learn about the social and economic conditions of the rural South in the 1920s and about William Faulkner's life; and read, annotate, and discuss the text in class, individually and in groups.
• Tales of the Supernatural
  Monsters have haunted the literary imagination from earliest times (e.g., the Cyclops, Grendel, etc.), but a particular interest in horror and the Gothic form dates back to the 18th and early 19th century. The goals of this plan are to explore the origins and development of a literary genre; to investigate how shared imaginative concerns link the members of a literary period; to examine the evolution of a literary tradition; to compare works of literature from different eras.
• The Art of Questioning: Content, Meaning and Style
  Looking for ways to improve your questioning techniques in your classroom? Want to get students more involved? This Teaching Channel video provides are some great teaching tips on the art of questioning. (5 minutes)

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