All the Pretty Horses Lesson Plan

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

1. 1

   Students will understand the coming-of-age genre and how All the Pretty Horses represents this journey through John Grady.

2. 2

   Students will be able to identify and analyze, orally and in writing, important themes and symbols in the text and how they connect to the real world.

3. 3

   Students will understand the historical context of the novel as it relates to the Mexican social customs and politics of the time.

4. 4

   Students will be able to clearly articulate the way gender roles are inverted in the novel and how that plays against the Western literary...