World Literature Lessons
“The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.” Leo Tolstoy
A NOTE on Lessons: The plan now is to make these Main Lesson Pages a jumping off point - each lesson will have it's own link. If you are a Registered User,you will, in addition to the handouts and descriptions, be able to hear audio of the lessons being used, and in some cases video as well - though this feature is far down the line in terms of implementation. In any case, handouts and their descriptors will be public.
An Introduction
Day 0 - Poems Before The History of Love
Day 1 - Opening Discussion (pgs 1-19)
Day 2 - An optional (depending on how far you got) Mini -Lesson on 19-24
Day 3 - Discussion pgs 19-45 THREE WAYS to Discuss
Day 4 - How to survive in the wild - Group Work on 46-65
Day 5 - However We Know the Landscape - An Illuminated Text Long-Term Project
Day 6 - Discussion - 46 to 74
Day 7 - Discussion - 75 to 92
Day 8 - Discussion - Row Reading - 93 to 134
Day 9 - The Street of Crocodiles - A Cooperative Reading
Day 10 - Discussion 134-159 (Two Ways)
Day 11 - Group Work 154-170 Green Fields & Dirty Dishes
Day 12 - Discussion 170-190 Giving up a Tree
Day 13 - Discussion 191-218 The Longing that Exists between Species
Day 14 - A Final Discussion thru the end (knocking twice)
Day 15 - A Visit from Nicole Krauss (A Reading and Q & A)
Day 16a - Everything is Illuminated - Movie & related Questions
Day 16b - Wings of Desire - Movie & related Questions
Day 17 - An In-Class Essay
Day 18 - Presenting the student Illuminated Text projects
An Introduction
Day 0 - Poems Before Candide
Day 1 - The Opening Discussion
Day 2 - Group Work - Chapters 2 to 4
Day 3 - Discussion Chapters 4-8
Day 4 - The Search: Student Introspection & Discussion
Day 5 - Discussion Chapters 8-14
Day 6 - A Vertext Chapters 15-20
Day 7 - Group Work Chapters 21-24
Day 8 - Discussion Chapters 19-25
Day 9 - Three Ways - Chapters 21-28
Day 10 - A Final Discussion - 28 to the end
Day 11 - The Graduate Movie Questions
Day 12 - The Candide Exam
Day 13 - The Candide Essay
An Introduction
Day 1 - Poems Before The Things They Carried
Day 2 - Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home"
Day 3 - The Opening Discussion
Day 4 - Row Reading Discussion pgs 25-58
Day 5 - Row Reading Discussion pgs 59-81
Day 6 - Group Work or Row Reading pgs 82-110
Day 7 - Row Reading Discussion pgs 111-130
Day 8 - Row Reading Discussion pgs 131-154
Day 9 - Row Reading Discussion (or GW) pgs 155-179
Day 10 - Row Reading Discussion pgs 180-207
Day 11 - A Final Discussion (208 - the end)
Day 12 - Prose Analysis AP Essay Prompt
An Introduction
Day 1 - "War" A Short Story by Luigi Pirandello
Day 2 - Poems & Songs before All Quiet
Day 3 - DeRomanticizing War & the guy on the back of the bus
Day 4 - It was a Good Day - All Quiet Opening Discussion
Day 5 - Men in a War - All Quiet Chapter 2 Group Work
Day 6 - Black Pudding - All Quiet Chapter 2-3(4) Vertext Discussion
Day 7 - The Equation (men & horses) - All Quiet Chapter 4 Discussion
Day 7.5 - Snow Softly Falling - All Quiet Mini-Lesson (10 mins) - After Chapt. 4
Day 8 - Geese & Men - All Quiet Chapter 5 - Group Work
Day 9 - Luck & the Young Recruits - All Quiet Chapter 6 Part 1 - Row Reading Discussion
Day 10 - No Man's Land - All Quiet Chapter 6 Part 2 - Solo Work
Day 11 - A Loaf of Bread - All Quiet Chapter 7 Part 1 - Discussion
Day 12 - Talismans - All Quiet Chapter 7 Part 2 - Group Work
Day 13 - No Man's Home - All Quiet Chapt. 7 pt. 2 & Chapt. 8 - Vertext Discussion
Day 14 - Death of a Soldier - All Quiet Chapt. 9 - A Group Work (or Row Reading disc)
Day 15 - The Idyll - All Quiet Chapt. 9 & 10 pt. 1 - Row Reading Discussion
Day 16 - The Dying Room - All Quiet Chapt. 10 pt. 2 - Group Work
Day 17 - An Expression of Calm - All Quiet - A Closing Discussion
Day 18a - Children Playing Soldier - Grand Illusion Movie & Questions
Day 18b - Hail Fredonia - Duck Soup Movie & Questions (an alternate film)
Day 19a - No Man's Land - An All Quiet Essay on "Home"
Day 19b - Harmony of War - An All Quiet Creative Response Project
Day 20 - A Medley of All Quiet Illuminated Texts
Day 21 - An Exam for All Quiet on the Western Front
Silent Night 1 - The Christmas Truce of 1914 - Group Work
Silent Night 2 - War Games, an NPR story, and two songs
A Christmas Memory - A Reading and Homecoming
The Jewish Giant - A Radio Documentary & Student Reaction Pieces
Being Bullied & Bullying - A Lesson in Empathy
The Truth - A Poem by Randall Jarrell - solo, partner, then class discussions