The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Lesson Plan

Satire and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will understand satire and be able to identify instances of it within the novel.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5

Structure:

Establish a baseline of what students know about satire. Can anyone define it? What are some characteristics of satire? Keep track on the white board or a similar collaborative document. This website provides a good definition of satire. Satire is a form of criticism through humor, exaggeration, and ridicule.

Discuss the goals of satire as a class. Terry Pratchett, an author...