Center for the Study of the American West2024-05-092024-05-092023https://hdl.handle.net/11310/6416This lesson focuses on analyzing literary works through John Graves's "The Last Running" and explaining the importance of works about the American West. This resource includes materials for a 45-minute class period lesson. Created for English I, English II, English III, English IV. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Analyze non-linear development such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, subplots, and parallel plot structures and compare it to linear plot development; analyze how the setting influences the theme; analyze author’s purpose, audience, and message within a text; analyze how the author’s use of language achieves specific purposesThis lesson focuses on analyzing literary works through John Graves's "The Last Running" and explaining the importance of works about the American West.en-USLearning Object