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unit 1
6 hours

Then All Smiles Stopped Together


Description

In this unit, students analyze how an author develops characters and central ideas, and consider the role that point of view plays in a text. Students read and analyze Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue “My Last Duchess,” focusing on how the characters of the Duke and Duchess are developed through the Duke’s point of view and what role his point of view plays in the development of central ideas. This unit asks students to focus closely on one poem to consider authorial choices with regard to the development of character and central ideas. As students read, discuss, and write about the text, they examine how Browning uses point of view and careful word choice to create meaning in the text, while leaving some matters uncertain. Students begin to consider the impact of developing one character through the words of another, in relation to issues of power and voice.

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Bilingual Language Progressions

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Credits

From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 11 ELA Module 1, Unit 1. Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-11-ela-module-1-unit-1; accessed 2015-05-29.
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