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The Old Man and the Sea: Concept Analysis HandoutThe Old Man and the Sea: Concept Analysis Handout
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The Old Man and the Sea: Concept Analysis

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Use a helpful concept analysis guide when planning your unit on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. The resource covers plot elements, literary themes, and possible issues to address in order to make the work accessible to all of your learners.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

point of view, literary themes, setting, metaphors, third-person point of view, the old man and the sea, ernest hemingway, story elements, literary analysis, literary elements

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Bring up the concepts and themes as discussion topics for your novel unit, before and after you class members begin reading
  • Have readers collect quotes from the novel that support each theme and story element

Classroom Considerations

  • Provides background information about the novel
  • Some of the concept analysis is the lesson author's opinion about the story

Pros

  • Provides titles of related informational texts, as well as a link to the entire unit 

Cons

  • Does not include any activities or lessons for learners

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3

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