As learners continue to examine a short story of their choice, they take some time to look at analysis completed by others on the same story. In the eleventh lesson in a series of fourteen, pupils explore various sites for literary criticism to summarize and reflect upon by blogging specific information listed in the plan. This is mostly self-guided work, and will require access to the Internet for all pupils during class.

Concepts

short stories, literary analysis, blogging, critical reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• Not all of the links to sites on literary criticism work or are available to everyone; make sure to click through to find the ones that do work for you, and consider adding a few of your own library resources
• Note that this lesson is part of a series and some of the elements, such as the ongoing blogging project are described in more detail in other lessons; see the materials for assessment details and a unit overview

Pros

• Requires learners to use technology to find articles and broadcast their own writing

Cons

• The lesson procedures are very brief, and you'll likely have to build in more scaffolding in order to see positive results from your pupils

Common Core

RL.9-10.10a RL.11-12.10a W.9-10.6 W.11-12.6