Apply three literary-theory lenses — reader-response, formalist, historical/cultural (intro level)

Use three starter lenses for analysis. READER-RESPONSE: what does this text do to a reader? FORMALIST: what do the text's words, structure, and form do? HISTORICAL/CULTURAL: what world produced this text? Name the chosen lens in the essay introduction. Recognize that different lenses produce different valid readings.

Mastery threshold

80%

Min instances

Typical minutes

Spaced intervals (days)

1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60

Prereqs

Successors

Compose a 5-paragraph analytical essay with CEA body structure and syntactic variety (CCSS W.7.1.a-e; W.7.2.a-f; W.7.4-6)

Common misconceptions

Treats reader-response as 'anything goes' personal opinion — valid reader-response is grounded in the text.
Mixes lenses without naming them — produces unfocused analysis.

Exercise pool (2)

Diff	Stem	Type
3	Apply all 3 lenses (reader-response / formalist / historical-cultural) to the same Cisneros passage. Generate one analytical observation...	lens application
3	For your analytical essay, which of the 3 lenses fits best? Justify in 2-3 sentences using textual evidence.	lens choice justification