Mahasweta Devi: Short Stories Lesson Plan

The western reader as Senanayak: Putting the academic lens into perspective

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Through a series of readings, discussion prompts, and guided tasks, students will be challenged to look at the ways we all may be “participants in the production of an exploitative society”.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

To begin, students may read the...