A thorough unit on literary analysis and character development culminates in a final writing assessment. Prompted to compare the parent-child relationships in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, high schoolers refer to their brainstorming and notes from the previous 13 lessons, which include textual evidence for developing a central idea.

Concepts

literary analysis, reading comprehension, compare and contrast texts, character development, central ideas, the joy luck club, amy tan

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Allow younger writers or struggling readers to write a first draft at home before completing the final in-class assessment
• Pass out the checklist during the writing process for peer editing opportunities
• Display the sample response on the board after you have graded the essays for your class to note the qualities of a high-performance response

Classroom Considerations

• The final lesson in a 14-part series
• Unit includes all necessary worksheets and tracking tools, which are located in the complete module overview and previous lessons

Pros

• Includes an assessment rubric and examples of high-performance responses
• Writing prompt applies to teenagers' lives
• Comes with a checklist for individuals to look over their essays before turning them in

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RI.9-10.2 W.9-10.2.a W.9-10.2.b W.9-10.2.f W.9-10.4 W.9-10.9.a W.9-10.9.b L.9-10.1.a L.9-10.2.c