Rabindranath Tagore: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Vent Session

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will examine the emotional repression experienced by female characters by taking on a character's point of view and writing and speaking in front of the class as that character.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1, CCS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3, CCS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4, CCS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.3, CCS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

Begin with a short class discussion. Compare the following three excerpts: "Silent animosity and jealousy of this kind is harder to bear than open conflict" (Elder Sister 176); "Giribala could not...