War Fiction: Short Stories Exploring Combat and Its Effects
K. L. N. Murthy4.1
Ages 13–18 · 55 min · 1 / Week
$22.43per classSee schedule
Literary Analysis Using How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Use Foster’s middle-school guide to learn to identify symbols, themes, and contexts in fiction and practice textual analysis through guided discussion and close reading.
Paid once.
- Level
- Beginner
- Ages
- 11–14
- Duration
- 30 min
- Classes
- 1 / Week
- Weeks
- 7
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Class Experience
This course uses Thomas C. Foster’s middle-school edition of How to Read Literature Like a Professor as a guide to teach students to notice deeper meanings in texts. Learners practice identifying symbols, themes, and contexts, examine literary structures, and apply those skills in class discussions and a live short-story analysis.
Learning Outcomes
Recognize symbols, themes, and contextual elements in literature
Cite textual evidence to support literary analysis
Analyze literary structures and devices in fiction
Connect literary elements to other media and cultural contexts
Prerequisites
You will need your own copy of Thomas C. Foster's 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑲𝒊𝒅𝒔.
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An author and literature instructor with graduate training in literature and arts, this educator focuses on close reading, narrative craft, and using material culture to illuminate history. Since 2019, lessons have blended literary analysis, historical interpretation through obje…
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