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Influences on the Court
Kind of Activity:
Research
Objective:
Research literary, philosophical, historical, or biographical influences on the text's creation.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2,CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6
Structure:
What are the circumstances under which this unusual, unfinished story came to be? In this classroom activity, students have the opportunity to learn a bit more context about The Trial's author, Franz Kafka. You may wish to start by assigning this very brief bio of the author: https://www.kafka-online.info/franz-kafka-biography.htm
In small groups, students should conduct independent research...
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