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Short Fiction: A Study of Genre

Lesson 14

ELA

Unit 9

11th Grade

Lesson 14 of 15

The following assessments accompany Unit 9. For more guidance, see the Summative Assessments Teacher Tool.

Content Assessment

The Content Assessment tests students' ability to read a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer multiple choice and short answer questions. Additionally, a longer writing prompt pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards.

Content Assessment

Lesson 13

Lesson 15

Lesson Map

Define “absurdism” and identify and analyze elements of the absurd in the text.

Identify the author’s tone in the opening pages.

The Metamorphosis pp. 7–11
“Absurdist Fiction”
“The Myth of Sisyphus”

Analyze how Kafka develops the conflict between Gregor and the other characters.

The Metamorphosis pp. 11–18
“Franz Kafka”

Analyze the impact of Gregor’s transformation on himself and his family members.

The Metamorphosis pp. 19–31

Consider how the author uses the characterization of Gregor and his family to reveal theme.

The Metamorphosis pp. 32–44

Analyze how the director of the film interprets Kafka’s novella.

Explain verbally and in writing how Kafka uses the elements of absurdism to develop his message about humanity.

The Metamorphosis
“The Metamorphosis”

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Analyze the impact of the author’s use of realistic fiction to address the same thematic question addressed by Kafka in The Metamorphosis.

“The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” pp. 686–689

Analyze the impact of the playwright’s use of dramatic irony in the opening scene of the play.

Oedipus Rex pp. 3–8 — End at "Oedipus retires"
“Oedipus”

Analyze Sophocles’s use of techniques common to his genre to develop Oedipus as a character.

Oedipus Rex pp. 8–19

Analyze how Sophocles uses dramatic irony in this section of the play.

Begin to define “hamartia” and identify how Oedipus is contributing to his own tragic ending.

Oedipus Rex pp. 19–35

Analyze how Sophocles develops his message about fate and humanity in the final portion of the play.

Oedipus Rex pp. 35–56

2 days

Analyze Sophocles’s message about humanity as he develops it in Oedipus the King.

Analyze the author’s use of the character of the old man to develop the theme of humanity.

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” pp. 105–112

Reread the story, analyzing it as a satire critiquing both Catholicism and human nature.

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” pp. 105–112

3 days

Content Assessment

Brainstorm, draft, revise, and finalize an original literary analysis essay.

Present analysis of the stories and theme of humanity to a small group of peers.

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