TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources
110.34.b.2
(2) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:
- (A) compare and contrast works of literature that express a universal theme;
- (B) compare and contrast the similarities and differences in classical plays with their modern day novel, play, or film versions; and
- (C) relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time.
Aligned Resources
Teaching Guides
- Teaching Wuthering Heights: Isn't It Byronic?
- Teaching Night: Tragedy Times Two
- Teaching Antigone: On the Hunt for Civil Disobedience
- Teaching A Separate Peace: Lost in Translation? (Mapping a Community)
- Teaching Number the Stars: What Does It Mean to Be Human?
- Teaching The Odyssey: Taking a Jeopardy Odyssey
- Teaching Wuthering Heights: Timing is Everything
- Teaching Wuthering Heights: Remix Time on the Moors