Classroom Activities
This full plan will use 20 class periods (43 minutes) or a month of classes as follows:
For each of the three stories plan 3 days for reading and writing activities and 3 days for film viewing, completions of video viewing forms, and discussion.
Allow two days (or more if necessary) for presentation of the Culminating Project.
Modifications can be made to adapt to fewer days if you simply eliminate one of the stories or the Culminating Project. You can add days by scheduling some of the writing on the final project to take place during class time rather than as homework as I am planning.
Days One through Five-"Harrison Bergeron"
Day One-See Anticipatory Set for background information. Read and discuss story and hand out culminating project assignment (see Appendix A).
Days Two and Three-Complete any written activities you wish. Any textbook from which you take your stories will have vocabulary and written assignments. McDougal Littell ‘s The Language of Literature series does a fine job of this. I would recommend tailoring the vocabulary to suit your students and methods.
Days Four, Five, and Six - View 12 and Holding using guides in Appendix B.
Days Seven through Twelve-"No Witchcraft for Sale" and Into the West-as above
Days Thirteen through Eighteen-"Initiation" and Vitus-as above
Days Nineteen and Twenty-presentation of projects from Appendix A
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