How to Read Literature Like a Professor Lesson Plan

Pre-Reading Test Case

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will complete the short story Test Case activity (Chapter 27) before beginning the book to provide a baseline of skill in "reading between the lines."

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.11-12.1 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.11-12.3 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.11-12.5

Structure:

Test Case (30 – 40 minutes)

Have students read “The Garden Party” by Katherine Mansfield (Chapter 27). Ask students to write answers to the two questions on page 282: What does the story signify? How does the story signify? Students should follow the ground rules that Foster sets on that page. Remind them that since...