Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 10Unit 1Lesson 3

Comparative close reading

Compare Similar Means, Different Ends

Today: Explain how similar craft techniques can serve different purposes.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.What technique is shared?

  2. 2.What word changes?

B

Learn

Compare Similar Means, Different Ends

Texts may share a device without sharing an effect. Context determines what repetition, imagery, or syntax accomplishes.

Identify the shared technique, analyze its effect in each text separately, then state the significant difference.

Study the model

Repeated door image = exclusion in A, opportunity in B

C

Read

Original PRA passage

Text A repeats 'the locked gate' whenever Toma considers leaving. Text B repeats 'the open gate' whenever Elsie remembers returning.
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Compare Similar Means, Different Ends

Grade 10Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.What does the gate mean in A? ELA-10-01-03-Q1

  2. 2.What does it mean in B? ELA-10-01-03-Q2

  3. 3.Why not conclude both gates symbolize the same thing? ELA-10-01-03-Q3

  4. 4.Write a comparative sentence. ELA-10-01-03-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Develop a paragraph comparing the repeated gate imagery.

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