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Lesson 1 (from Front Matter and "The Line")
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which Table for Two belongs—urban fiction. 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 urban fiction might pick it up, while those who scorn such works might never read Table for Two.
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 Table for Two? Why?
Group Activity: Looking as a class at part 4 of “The Line,” what features of the text—diction, sentence length, content, figurative language, etc.—seem indicated as appropriate for urban fiction...
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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