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An excerpt from Henry MacNeal Turner's address to the Georgia legislature provides class members with an opportunity to develop their literary analysis skills. Prompted by the provided factual, evaluative, and interpretive questions, groups use evidence from the passage to support their responses in a shared inquiry discussion.
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- Before launching the shared inquiry discussion, review the three kinds of questions central to the Great Books approach--factual, evaluative, and interpretive
- As homework before the discussion, provide class members with the questions, have them label the types of questions, and find evidence in the excerpt to support their responses
Classroom Considerations
- The resource comes from the Junior Great Books program, an inquiry-based approach to literature discussions
Pros
- The open-ended questions require readers to think deeply about the text and to provide evidence to support their analysis
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