Blasted Lesson Plan

The War and Violence Literature Context

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to consider the relationship between Blasted and other war texts

Common Core Standards:

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

Structure:

Students read Wilfred Owen's well-known poem of World War I, "Dulce et Decorum Est," for homework last night; each student should also by now have finished their independent War and Violence work. Each student should begin by giving a five-minute presentation on their War and Violence piece, explaining the context in which it was written, how it reflects that context, and any...