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Lesson 1 (from Front Matter and “The Feminist”)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which Rejection belongs—literary fiction. How and where an anthology fits influences how it is understood by its readers, as well as what readers it is likely to reach; readers interested in literary fiction might pick it up, while those who scorn such works might never read Rejection.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When you go to a bookstore, online or in person, how are the books separated from one another and grouped together? What categories are present? How does a person know which book belongs in what group—or even what the groups are? Where might you find Rejection? Why?
Group Activity: Looking as a class at the first two paragraphs of “The Feminist” (1), what features of the text—diction, sentence length, content, figurative language, etc.—seem indicated as appropriate for literary fiction? Guide discussion to...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 11-12.1, 11-12.2
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