Curriculum / ELA / 12th Grade / Unit 2: Klara and the Sun: Heart, Hope and Humanity in the Age of AI / Lesson 12
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Analyze Miss Helen's character and her perspectives about the novel's setting.
Book: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro — Part Three, pp. 135–154
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Analyze and discuss the benefits and dangers of Artificial Intelligence.
Standards
RI.11-12.2W.11-12.1.a
Analyze Mary Shelley's message about the quest for knowledge in Frankenstein.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze why Frankenstein still matters today.
RI.11-12.2RL.11-12.4
Analyze the setting and narration of Klara and the Sun.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.6
Analyze how Ishiguro uses point of view to convey ideas about human emotions.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.6
Analyze how Ishiguro illustrates similarities between humans and AI.
Analyze how Ishiguro foreshadows the novel's conflicts.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze how the "interaction meeting" (p. 65) highlights important human traits.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Generate questions about AI and human loneliness.
RI.11-12.2SL.11-12.1.cW.11-12.7
Analyze how Ishiguro uses characterization to reveal the complexities of Josie's mother.
RL.11-12.3RL.11-12.4
Analyze how Ishiguro uses symbolism and conflict to develop themes in the novel.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3
Make connections between Klara and the Sun and an informational text about educational disparities.
RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.7SL.11-12.1.cW.11-12.7
Summarize a credible source connected to a self-generated question.
RI.11-12.2W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.eW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.7
Analyze how Ishiguro develops themes about human relationships and faith.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.3W.11-12.7
Engage in a Socratic seminar about Parts 1–3 of Klara and the Sun by supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
SL.11-12.1.aSL.11-12.1.bSL.11-12.1.cSL.11-12.1.dSL.11-12.4
Analyze how Ishiguro develops conflicts about identity and love.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.5RL.11-12.6W.11-12.7
Make connections between Klara and the Sun and a podcast episode about mortality.
Analyze how Ishiguro develops themes about identity, hope, and love.
Analyze how Ishiguro further develops ideas about the benefits and costs of technological progress.
Analyze symbolism, structure, and theme in Craig Santos Perez's environmentalist poems.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze the climax of Klara and the Sun for ideas about love, faith, and grief.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.6
Analyze the mood of the ending of Klara and the Sun.
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4SL.11-12.1.cW.11-12.7
Perform research about a self-generated question relevant to the Unit's Texts.
W.11-12.7W.11-12.8
Identify patterns across sources and outline the research essay.
W.11-12.2W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.5W.11-12.7
Draft the research essay.
W.11-12.2W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.cW.11-12.2.eW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.7
Provide peer feedback on the research essay.
W.11-12.2W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.cW.11-12.2.eW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.5W.11-12.7
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