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Section 5: Overview

Culminating Task

We will write a literary analysis essay regarding Julia Alvarez’s depictions of the Mirabal sisters through one of the following literary criticism lenses: biographical, feminist, historical, or Marxist. We will reflect on the understanding we have built throughout the unit by engaging in a reflective discussion.

  • Lesson 1:

    We will extend our understanding of the literary lenses in In the Time of the Butterflies.

  • Lesson 2:

    We will analyze a model literary analysis for its content and structure.

  • Lesson 3:

    We will return to our Culminating Task Planning Guide and use the responses we wrote for our diagnostics from Sections 2 and 3 to prepare for our literary analysis essay.

  • Lesson 4:

    We will collect evidence from In the Time of the Butterflies that supports our thesis and begin drafting our literary analysis essay.

  • Lesson 5:

    We will revise and edit the rough draft of our literary analysis essay.

  • Lesson 6:

    We will finish the unit by engaging in a whole-class discussion about what it means to be a revolutionary and how to analyze a text through different critical lenses. We will identify possible pathways to explore for the Application Unit.

  • Lesson 7:

    In a culminating activity, we share the knowledge we have gained and the connections we have made by reading our independent reading texts.