Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Lesson Plan

Performing the Transcript

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students will use technology to expand their understanding of style and form in the novel.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6

Structure:

Part II, Chapter 9 is a strange departure stylistically from the rest of the book as it takes the form of a transcript of an audio recording Duke made. In this activity, students will not only revert the words back to their original form, but add a visual component.

Divide students up into groups of at least five and have them reenact and film the scene transcribed in Chapter 9 at the taco...