Teacher Guide

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Lesson Plan

Notes to the Teacher

The book references many texts that your students have not read and that you will not have an opportunity to assign, which can be challenging. Encourage students to think of stories they are familiar with to which they can apply the ideas they learn in the book.

The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis. The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving their written expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics that have been discussed in class, this time in the more formal writing style...

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