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Instruction: Length
of lesson: 10
weeks = 18 lessons Grade
level: Fifth
form school for
pre-university education. Subject
area: Literature Objectives: Introduce
students to American literature and British literature. The
students will read the same American novel. The
students will read the same British novel. The
students learn to make important notes about a novel, so that they can
take part in discussion during class. The
students learn to work in pairs, dividing work, while writing a paper
about a certain essay topic. The
students will learn to present a topic of choice in which they compare
the two novels. They will present this topic in front of the class and
will be evaluated by their fellow students and their teacher. The
students will be able to speak English in such a way that the audience
will be able to understand their argumentation during the presentation. The
students will be able to evaluate each other according to the evaluation
form (bottom page) With
this lesson plan, I hope students will get acquainted with an American
writer and one of his novels and a British writer and one of his novels.
I also hope they will be able to write a paper about both novels and
finally they will discuss a topic of choice in front of an audience. The
students can choose from a variety of essay topics. The writing of this
essay will force the students to go more deeply into the story and it
will also help them to enhance their knowledge of the novel. The
ultimate goal is that the students will freely talk about a subject
concerning both novels. They will compare both novels on this subject
and will be able to convince the audience of their arguments about this
subject. This
website will help the students to get a good idea of the background of
both writers and their novels. Besides all this information, the website
will provide them with a lot
of important links that will help them to create two well-founded essays
on a particular subject and a presentation, comparing the two novels on
a specific subject of the students choice. Materials: The
novel: The Scarlet
Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne The
novel: A Passage to
India by E.M. Forster The
Internet and this website. Instruction
for the students:
Lesson
plan literature lessons:
The Scarlet Letter by
Nathaniel Hawthorne. (16/09
- 10/10: week 38 week 41)
this
novel. Choose a partner to work with.
make
notes about those chapters).
We will discuss the chapters in class. Decide which essay topic you are
going to write about and inform me about it.
Start
working on your essay on the computer in class. Use the information of
the website about The
Scarlet Letter
and the many links you will find on this website.
Class.
Work on you essay.
lesson
for the final touch. Ready? Use
the website to familiarise yourselves with the author of the next novel
that we are going to read. Find out what the novel is about and make
notes. Lesson plan literature lessons: A
Passage to India by E.M. Forster. ( 14/10 07/11: week 42
week 45)
of this novel.. Choose a
new partner to work with.
I;
it will allow you to take part in discussion during class) Part I will
be discussed in class. Decide which essay topic you are going to write
about and inform me about it.
II;
it will allow you to take part in discussion during class). We will
discuss Part II in class. Work on your essay on the computer in class.
Use the information on the website about A
Passage to India and use
the many links you will find on this website.
Part
III; it will allow you to take part in discussion during class). Part
III will be discussed in class. Work on your essay, using the website.
lesson
for the final touch. Ready? Have a look at your final assignment:
an oral presentation with two partners about a topic that enables you to
compare the two novels: The
Scarlet Letter and A Passage to India. Choose
two partners to work with and let me know which persons are in your
group.
presentation
about. Let me know which group you are in. Work
on your presentation.
your
arguments and statements.
your
arguments and statements.
Paper
assignment about The Scarlet Letter and
A Passage to India. Write
a paper of at least 4 A4
and no more than 6 A4,
typed/computer-printed (including some illustrations). You are to pick
one of these essay topics and write a well-organised paper about it
Contents
of your paper/work.
What
was England like in E.M. Forsters time. (Think
about social structures, the importance of religion, politics etc. 1
A4) Use
the rest of the pages for your comments on one of the themes on The
Scarlet Letter and A
Passage to India. Do not forget to use some illustrations as well.
Paper
Topics on The Scarlet Letter.
Think
of: - The ministers
- The common people and their attitudes toward work and
relaxation,
their religious beliefs and their attitudes toward Hester and
Pearl..
1.
Conflict
with herself 2.
Conflict
with the community 3.
Conflict
with nature 4.
Conflict
with the supernatural
Paper
topics on A Passage to
India.
Presentation: 1.
Work in a group of three. You have two weeks to prepare
yourselves for the presentation. 2.
A presentation must take no longer than 10 minutes. 3.
Choose a topic that interests all three of you and that is
available in both novels. 4.
As a group, agree on the procedure of the presentation.: who will
take what part of the presentation on his/her account., organisation of
discussion etc 5.
Make sure that there is at least one visual element in your
presentation. 6.
Bear in mind that your audience must be able to see the visual
material. Suggestions
for the oral presentation about The Scarlet Letter and A
Passage to India. These
three themes are only suggestions and I would really like you to find
your own topic for a presentation. You have read both novels and are
quite familiar with them. Find a subject that enables you to compare
both novels. Think of:
Please, inform me about the
topic you have chosen on 11
November. If you cannot find a suitable topic, let me know and I will
help you to find one. Theme
1.
Theme
2.
What
else do the two women have in common? Theme
3.
Theme
4.
Evaluation form: Presentation.
(source:
Going Global
Workbook 4 vwo) 1. Did the speaker perform the task as it was set? Yes No
Yes No
Yes No
.
Yes Practically all the time No
.
Yes (example)
.
No (example)
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