If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Read The English Patient with an ability to connect multiple storylines across time and place.
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Situate The English Patient's story within historical context and understand the assertions Michael Ondaatje is drawing about those historical moments.
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Analyze the relationships between characters in the novel, and to form and defend positions about how their life experiences informed those relationships.
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Understand the use of literary techniques in The English Patient and how Ondaatje employs them to create mood and tempo in the novel.
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