The Three Musketeers Lesson Plan

Discussion: Buckling the Swash, Swashing the Buckle

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will critically analyze information and ideas pertinent to understanding the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

At the beginning of this activity, the teacher should have students watch the following excerpt from the 1990 film adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OAXX-tr0gzg

Then, he/she should open a more general discussion by asking what students thought of the clip, and how they think it compares so far to...