If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will be able to analyze and practice descriptive writing—both sensory and emotional.
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Students will be able to consider the historical context of a work of literature as well as its contemporary resonances, flaws, and implications.
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Students will be able to evaluate the ways that the different notebooks in the narrative contribute to a full picture of Anna's (and perhaps Lessing's) ideas about writing.
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Students will analyze the development of different characters over time through different lenses.
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Students will connect their own...
