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Lesson 1 (from "The Empathy Exams")
Objective
This lesson introduces students to the nonfiction book The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison. Students will read the first essay of the collection and will identify and discuss the book’s genre, structure, and narrative style. The Empathy Exams is comprised of 11 essays written from the first-person perspective of author Jamison. These essays combine journalistic writing and memoir on the subjects of empathy and pain and the author’s first-person accounts of these subjects.
Lesson
Research Activity: Take time in class to conduct research on author Leslie Jamison and the publication of The Empathy Exams: Essays. When was the book published? What genre is it categorized under? What other works has the author written?
Group Assignment: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read “The Empathy Exams” and discuss the work. How would you characterize this type of writing? What is unique...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.7, 11-12.1, 11-12.7
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