The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with evidence-based claims lessons. Students use Evidence-Based Claims and textual exploration to interpret character, choices and consequences. Small group work emphasized. Fitzgerald's use of symbolism and motif are also explored and developed.
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Grades 9-12
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Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
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