An excerpt from Michel de Montaigne's essay "On Cruelty" provides advanced readers an opportunity to polish their close reading skills. Scholars read the passage twice and then respond to the provided questions.

Concepts

close reading, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, enlightenment philosophers, philosophers, the renaissance, essays

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Instructional Ideas

• The resource may be used as an exercise to polish close reading skills or as an assessment

Classroom Considerations

• The resource is mislabeled; it lists the grade levels as K-5 but is more appropriate for AP classes or higher ed

Pros

• Provides a link to an article about Montaigne's influence on great English and American writers
• Includes the historical context

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3