Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Hand
Chomping at the Lit
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Grade Levels
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Homeschool
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
CCSSW.9-10.2
CCSSW.9-10.2a
CCSSW.9-10.2b
CCSSW.9-10.2c
CCSSW.9-10.2d
Formats Included
- Zip
Pages
46 pages
Chomping at the Lit
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Products in this Bundle (3)
Description
In this Reading Paired Texts Bundle — You will receive a literary analysis for each individual story: The Hand by Guy De Maupassant and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. In addition, you will receive an essay prompt and rubric for a text-dependent analysis essay and graphic organizer to compare and contrast both pieces of literature.
The paired texts analysis focuses on many literary elements (similarities and differences) including: point of view, text structure, theme, characters, conflict, and symbols.
Each individual analysis comes with pre-reading activities and reading comprehension questions with answer keys.
Student Objectives:
- Analyze how two texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics
- Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
- Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly, as well as inferences and conclusions based on and related to an author’s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs.
- Draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
- Students will analyze important literary devices including: plot, conflicts, themes, characters, point of view, text structure, mood, tone, and symbolism.
Total Pages
46 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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Standards
to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
CCSSW.9-10.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
CCSSW.9-10.2a
Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSSW.9-10.2b
Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
CCSSW.9-10.2c
Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
CCSSW.9-10.2d
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
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