Finish Karen Russell's "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" with an instructional activity focusing on the story's conclusion. After participating in literary analysis discussions with small groups, ninth graders complete a Quick Write to examine the story's iconic last line.

Concepts

literary analysis, reading comprehension, tone, word choice, central ideas, character development

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Establish new small groups for the conclusion, rather than the literature circles your class has been working on, to vary responses and discussion
• Assign one stage to each of your five groups, and have them send representatives to discuss each stage with peers

Classroom Considerations

• The text for the story is not available in this resource, but you can find it on page 258 of the attached module overview
• Lesson 13 in a series about the same short story

Pros

• Comes with both a model and blank tool for analyzing each stage of the story
• Provides a document version of the lesson plan if you need to edit

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 SL.9-10.1.b