Wuthering Heights Lesson Plan

Adaptation: Movie Viewing

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students will be able to evaluate and analyze an adaptation of the familiar text

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7

Structure:

Students should watch the 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier and directed by William Wyler. (Emphasize that they will not be experiencing spoilers; the ending of the movie is very different from the ending of the book!) While watching, they should be taking notes on the following guiding questions:

* How is the film version of Wuthering Heights similar to the book?

* How is the film version of Wuthering Heights...