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Fences by August Wilson Unit Materials | For AP Lit & Upper Level ELA Courses

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This was a great unit that allowed for some serious deep conversations in class and real depth of thinking. My kids loved Fences!
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This unit, designed for AP English Literature®/ AP Lit and other upper level ELA classes, guides students in the study of August Wilson's Fences. This download includes materials for teaching, assessing, and expanding on this play and its impact on American literature. The resource includes the following:

  • 71 pages of slideshow notes (1 introductory, 1 for each Act)
  • A pacing guide and instructions and strategies for teaching Fences
  • 2 AP Lit skill-based Socratic discussion activities + rubric
  • 2 graphic organizers to help students in writing an AP Lit open essay + rubric
  • Several pages of writing prompts (Prose and Open Essay style), including custom prompts created just for Fences
  • Student handouts for notes and brainstorming

This download includes editable Word and PowerPoint files, as well as a few PDF files (non-editable). All assessments and instructional materials are customizable. This unit is designed to take 2 weeks but can be changed. Additional ideas for enrichment are included.

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Total Pages
101 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

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