Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 12Unit 1Lesson 2

Reading literary history

Attend to Language Change

Today: Use syntax and word history to read older literary language accurately.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.What can quick historically mean?

  2. 2.What image clarifies it?

B

Learn

Attend to Language Change

Historical English differs in vocabulary, spelling, syntax, and connotation. Modern familiarity can create false confidence.

Paraphrase clause by clause, identify unfamiliar usage, consult notes responsibly, and preserve ambiguity where necessary.

Study the model

Present sense ≠ historical sense automatically

C

Read

Original PRA passage

She called the winter 'quick,' for beneath the frost each buried root kept its living fire.
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Prairie River Academy

Attend to Language Change

Grade 12Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Why would modern fast misread quick? ELA-12-01-02-Q1

  2. 2.Paraphrase the sentence. ELA-12-01-02-Q2

  3. 3.What contrast shapes it? ELA-12-01-02-Q3

  4. 4.What should a gloss do? ELA-12-01-02-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Analyze how the historical sense of quick changes the image.

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