John Knowles' A Separate Peace provides readers with an opportunity to develop their close reading and analytical skills as they look for what Knowles feels are the factors that shape our identity.

Concepts

close reading, socratic discussion, identity, self identity, literary analysis, world war ii, flashbacks, a separate peace

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Begin the lesson with a short journal on the essential question, "What shapes our identity?"

Classroom Considerations

• The first in a nine-lesson series, designed for a gifted and talented English language arts program, that uses A Separate Peace as the anchor text

Pros

• The nine-page packet includes a brief plan, a close reading guide, and discussion questions that may be used for the Socratic seminar

Cons

• The resource presumes class members have experience developing open-ended questions for Socratic seminars

Common Core

RL.9-10.4 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 W.9-10.9.a W.9-10.10 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.4 L.9-10.5.a