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Subject
Area: English Literature
Grade
Level: 9-12
Overview:
Groups
of students plan, rehearse, and perform a hypothetical
dinner party, attended by characters we’ve studied
in various works of literature throughout the course.
The exercise effectively reveals and enhances the depth
and breadth of student learning in the English classroom.
The project requires close-reading, collaboration, creativity,
and the ability to evaluate and synthesize learning.
The Dinner Party is performed for an audience of peers,
all of whom have read the same pieces of literature.
The project accurately gauges the depth of thinking
students have done, and can actually enhance and extend
that thinking. Students must analyze the motivations
and viewpoints of their character, while carefully considering
how that character would interact with other guests
at the party. The project is demanding, collaborative,
and, according to students, FUN!
Standards:
The following California Content
Standards are addressed
in this assignment.
Reading 2.0: Comprehension.
Students read and understand grade-level appropriate
material. They analyze the organizational patterns,
arguments, and positions advanced.
Reading
3.0: Literary Response and Analysis: Students read
and respond to historically or culturally significant
works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies
of history and social science. They conduct in-depth
analysis of recurrent themes.
Reading
3.5.C: Evaluate the philosophical, political, religious,
ethical and social influences of the historical period
that shaped the characters, plots, and settings.
Listening
and Speaking 2.3: Deliver oral responses to literature.
Listening
and Speaking 2.3.A: Demonstrate a comprehensive
understanding of the significant ideas of literary works
(e.g., make assertions about the text that are reasonable
and supportable).
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