The Bloody Chamber Lesson Plan

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Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will identify elements of fiction used in three stories and reflect on the author's reasons for including them.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

1. Begin with a whole-class exercise, explaining that today you'll be comparing and contrasting the two "Beauty and the Beast" stories plus “The Bloody Chamber.” What elements do the stories have in common? Give a few examples, such as 1) all three stories have main characters who are young women who go to live in the home of a rich man; 2) all...