Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 2, Lesson 7

Is history "little more than a relic," as one of the characters in "The Palace Thief" contends? Has Hundert's love of antiquity kept him from changing with the times? Readers consider how the author uses these conflicting...

Track character development with an excerpt from Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. As tenth graders continue their examination into the relationship between Jing-Mei and her mother, they compare both characters' expectations of each other in...

The complex relationship between a teacher and his student takes center stage in a lesson plan that asks readers to pay close attention to how author Ethan Canin introduces his characters, and how he develops the character of the...

Readers of "The Palace Thief" focus on how the author's descriptions and his word choices reveal the character of the narrator, of Sedgewick, and of the senator.

Readers of "The Palace Thief" continue their examination of Ethan Canin’s short story and consider how the narrator's actions develop the central idea of how one's personal expectations and the expectations of others influence behavior.

Is man's character his fate? Can actions change character? To track the development of the central ideas in Ethan Canin’s short story “The Palace Thief,” groups compare Hundert's actions in the original "Mr. Julius Caesar" competition...

Is identity unchanging? Do events in our childhood forever influence our character? Groups ponder these questions as they continue their examination of Ethan Canin’s short story “The Palace Thief.”

Scholars begin to work on their research ideas from the first six lessons independently. They use their previous work in the first six lessons as well as a research checklist to guide their work. To finish, they complete graphic...

One sentence, so much meaning. Scholars work together to analyze a quote from Act 2.3 of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Additionally, pupils explore the plot by participating in a jigsaw discussion. 

Prepare for a mid-unit assessment based on Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club with a brainstorming and discussion lesson. Focused on two chapters from the novel ("Rules of the Game" and "Two Kinds"), the lesson guides tenth graders through the...