Sexing the Cherry Lesson Plan

A Feminist Novel

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students will analyze the novel from a feminist perspective and present their ideas to the class.

Structure:

As a class, read Roxane Gay's article, "Theses on the Feminist Novel," where different students read aloud the different sections of the article.

Break students into pairs to create presentations analyzing the different feminist aspects of the novel so far, in relation to what they learned from Gay's article and otherwise. They should use the internet to search for other ideas about feminism in literature and otherwise to apply to the text. They should only use information from reliable sources. The...