The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Lesson Plan

Discussion: On Fairy-Stories

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will broaden their knowledge about the themes of the text.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people, and the teacher should have them read Tolkien's lecture 1939 lecture "On Fairy-Stories" (it is not strictly necessary for them to read the "Epilogue", however).

Once the class has finished reading, the teacher should hand out a worksheet with the following questions to each of the students, and then break them up into groups so that they can work together to answer them.

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