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Paul’s Case — Understanding Literary Conflict | Complete Teaching Package

$11.99Price

A complete literature teaching package for Grades 10–11

Willa Cather’s Paul’s Case offers students an opportunity to examine how fiction develops internal and external conflict through a character’s desires, attitudes, relationships, and decisions.

This teaching package provides a structured approach to reading and analyzing the short story. Students begin by studying the different types of literary conflict, develop the language and contextual knowledge needed for the reading, and then apply their understanding through close-reading questions and analytical activities.

The lessons emphasize how literary conflict develops and contributes to a story’s meaning. Rather than simply identifying opposing forces, students examine how Paul’s dissatisfaction with his surroundings, his relationships with others, and his conflicting desires shape the struggles he experiences.

What's included

  • Instructional worksheet introducing internal and external literary conflict

  • Pre-reading activities addressing language and literary context

  • Annotated reading text of Paul’s Case

  • Reading comprehension and literary analysis worksheets focusing on conflict

  • Teacher answer key with suggested responses

  • Matching instructional presentation slides in editable PowerPoint & PDF formats

Learning objectives

By completing the lessons, students will develop their ability to distinguish between internal and external conflict, identify the opposing forces that create literary struggles, examine how a character’s desires and relationships contribute to conflict, and explain the significance of literary conflict using textual evidence.

Intended audience

Designed for Grades 10–11 English Language Arts, this package is suitable for classroom instruction, guided reading, independent practice, and literature study in Canadian and American high schools.

Format: Digital download (ZIP archive containing PDF teaching materials, an editable PowerPoint presentation, and PDF presentation slides).

Delivery: Downloadable files. No physical product will be shipped.

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