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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Advanced Placement English Literature

Goal 2: The learner will inform an audience by exploring literature to explain its artistry and its underlying social and cultural values.

Objective 2.03. Publish works to enable an audience to understand a principle, theory or artistic technique by:

  • presenting a focused thesis with supporting detail and commentary.
  • adjusting diction, tone, language and method of presentation to the audience.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Hidden stories: A three-part lesson in African American history, research, and children’s literature
In this high school lesson plan, students will create a timeline of African American history, review a work of children's literature, and then create their own works of children's literature drawing on a primary source document pertaining to the life of an ordinary African American.
Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Edie McDowell.