Ulysses Lesson Plan

Twitterers (like Dubliners)

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will attempt to write in Joyce's style.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3

Structure:

At this point in our study of Ulysses, students are hopefully familiar enough with Joyce's style that reading is significantly easier than it was at the novel's outset. One of the primary difficulties in reading this novel is Joyce's willingness to experiment with form, creating a novel that is simple in its action but endlessly deep in its execution.

Students may nonetheless be skeptical as to the novel's brilliance: they are essentially taking Joyce at his word that these...