This lesson plan is based on the PBS episode of American Masters about Truman Capote. Students will read and analyze how Truman Capote develops characters as they record their findings on worksheets included with this lesson. Then...

Determining the theme is not easy; you have to use the clues the author leaves to figure it out yourself. The author implies information about the story through plot points, setting, and characters. You infer and draw conclusions based...

Provides a number of questions that students can ask themselves about a literary passage when doing a "Close Reading" and following this with an organized piece of writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5