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Grade 9 Literary Analysis Worksheet: The Seventh Man by Haruki Murakami

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  • 2 pages total

  • 3 differentiated practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

  • 2 pages total

  • 3 differentiated practice exercises

  • 1 answer key page

“Memory is not a straight line; it is a wave that returns again and again.”
— Inspired by the themes of Haruki Murakami’s fiction

Additional Info:

  1. Text Type: Short Story

  2. Difficulty Level: Difficult 

  3. Skill Focus: This worksheet focuses on analyzing theme, characterization, symbolism, and emotional impact in a literary short story. Students practice citing textual evidence, interpreting figurative meaning, and explaining how trauma and memory shape a character’s perspective.

  4. Standards & Strands Alignment:

CCSS (Grade 9):

  • RL.9-10.1 – Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and implicitly.

  • RL.9-10.2 – Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development.

  • RL.9-10.3 – Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text.

CEFR:

  • B2 Reading: Can understand complex narratives, abstract themes, and implied meanings.

ACARA (Australian Curriculum):

  • AC9E9LE03 – Analyse how authors develop themes and perspectives.

  • AC9E9LE05 – Analyse how language choices contribute to meaning and interpretation.

Cambridge (IGCSE-style skills):

  • Reading: Understanding explicit and implicit meaning

  • Analysis of writer’s choices and effects

  • Personal and critical response supported by evidence

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