1. “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
Based on the title, make a prediction that indicates what you think will take place in the story.

2. Who is Flannery O’Connor?
Read the biographical information about Flannery O’Connor.
What information do you think is most important?
Identify one fact that is presented in the biography that explains O’Connor’s style of writing.
Lesson EQ:
How can context and background knowledge improve my reading experience?

3. Author Spotlight: Flannery O’Connor
Considered one of America's greatest fiction writers
Considered one of the strongest apologists for Roman Catholicism in the twentieth century.
Born of the marriage of two of Georgia's oldest Catholic families, O'Connor was a devout believer whose small but impressive body of fiction presents the soul's struggle with what she called the "stinking mad shadow of Jesus."
Lesson EQ:
How can context and background knowledge improve my reading experience?

4. Flannery O’Connor
Born March 25, 1925 in Savannah, Georgia She went to college at the University of Iowa Her father died of systemic lupus when she was a teenager Her works were infused with her experiences of growing up as a Catholic in the South First short story was published in 1946, “The Geranium” Graduated from college in 1947 Wrote novels, but best known for her short story collection, most notably “A Good Man Is Hard To Find.”

5. Your Task…
Use the biographical information gleaned from your reading to create a Trading Card.
Consider the most important information that can be used to better understand O’Connor’s style of writing.
Flannery O’Connor
Lesson EQ:
How can context and background knowledge improve my reading experience?

6. What is our focus this week?
ELAGSE8RL1: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
ELAGSE8W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
ELAGSE8W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

7. Writing a Literary Analysis
What is textual evidence?
Pulling actual evidence from the text to help prove your point or reason.
Writing a Literary Analysis
The paper is based on a clear thesis, and essay convincingly proves thesis.
Organization is clear. The following five paragraphs are evident: introduction, 3 body paragraphs (at least!), and conclusion.
Approximately 6 parenthetical citations (about 2 per body paragraph) are included correctly:
Example: Mama is described as, “a large big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands” (57).
Voice is strong, sentence structure is varied and smooth, and word choice is precise and appropriate for audience.
Conventions are error-free.

10. Summarizer
3-interesting facts about Flannery O’Connor 2-works by the author 1-question you would ask her