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This graphic organizer serves as a pre-reading and post-reading activity to help increase reading comprehension on the theme of the allegory, Perspective.

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One text in this unit is Plato's Allegory of the Cave. In this unit, students will read and reflect on the role of perspective, truth, and education in their own lives.

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The target text of this unit is The Odyssey. This novel is rich with symbolism and comments heavily on the human condition. Using this word wall, ideas discussed in the novel are grouped together with certain images. Odysseus's ship is surrounded by words that positively represent human condition. One of the sea monsters Odysseus and his crew encounter is surrounded by negative aspects of being human. This word wall can help students learn new vocabulary and build connections between positive and negative views on the human condition.

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How do novels help us explore what it means to be human?

Sub-questions:

➢How is the human condition defined in literature and how has that definition changed over time?

➢What are common motifs authors use to explore the human condition? Do they explore common themes?

➢Are all novels about the human condition? (Is it possible to write a novel without examining the human condition?)

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[11th grade]

2 (A): analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on the human condition