"The Stolen Party" and Other Stories Lesson Plan

Memory, Magic, and the Collective Unconscious

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will complete a collaborative analytical writing assignment to arrive at a deeper understanding of the surreal opening to "Early Beginnings or Ars Poetica."

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, 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.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9

Structure:

In "Early Beginnings or Ars Poetica," the narrator...