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Lesson 1 (from Front Matter and Part One)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which Languages of Truth belongs—essay anthology. How and where an anthology fits influences how it is understood by its readers, as well as what readers it is likely to reach; readers interested in essays might pick it up, while those who dislike such works might never read Languages of Truth.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When you go to a bookstore, online or in person, how are the books separated from one another and grouped together? What categories are present? How does a person know which book belongs in what group—or even what the groups are? Where might you find Languages of Truth? Why?
Group Activity: Looking as a class at “Wonder Tales,” what features of the text—diction, sentence length, content, figurative language, etc.—seem indicated as appropriate for essay anthology? Guide discussion to...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 11-12.1, 11-12.2
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