Help middle and high school students go beyond basic reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking and literary craft analysis skills with this close reading worksheet covering Piri Thomas’ coming-of-age short story “Amigo Brothers.” An answer key is provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By completing this close reading activity, students will:
- Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly
- Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of word meanings
- Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
- Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
- Compare and contrast the story’s protagonists
- Apply knowledge of literary devices including eye dialect, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification situational irony, and more
- Consider themes in context
- Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
- Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
- Come to class better prepared to discuss literature
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