{"id":820,"date":"2014-05-21T15:41:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/pschmid1\/?page_id=820"},"modified":"2025-03-03T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T14:54:18","slug":"two-lesson-plans-to-aid-high-school-u-s-literature-teachers-in-classes-reading-short-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/pschmid1\/?page_id=820","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Plans to Aid High School U.S. Literature Teachers in classes reading short stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR MORE LINKS AND LESSON PLANS BEYOND THESE 2 FROM A SHORT STORY SURVEY COURSE I TAUGHT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SEE THE TEACHING DOCUMENTS<\/span> SECTION OF MY ACADEMIA.EDU WEBPAGE:\u00a0https:\/\/swarthmore.academia.edu\/PeterSchmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

(The students had the option of doing lesson plans for teaching a story rather than writing a conventional interpretive paper. \u00a0Swarthmore has many students taking courses in our fine\u00a0Education Studies program.<\/p>\n

TEACHING MATERIALS FOR FLANNERY O\u2019CONNOR\u2019S STORY \u201cA GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND,\u201d By Adriana Obiols Roca, Swarthmore College \u201916\u00a0<\/strong>(with input from Peter Schmidt).
\n\u2022 Lesson Plan
\n\u2022 Discussion of Lesson Plan
\n\u2022 Links and Resources<\/strong>
\nCLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW; THESE THREE .DOCX FILES WILL DOWNLOAD TO YOUR COMPUTER:
\nA Good Man Is Hard to Find Lesson Plan<\/a><\/p>\n

AGMIHTF Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n

AGMIHTF Links<\/a><\/p>\n

TEACHING MATERIALS FOR TOBIAS WOLFF\u2019S STORY \u201cTHAT ROOM,\u201d by Kate Crowley, Swarthmore College \u201916:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Lesson Plan<\/strong> for Tobias Wolff\u2019s story \u201cThat Room,\u201d from Wolff\u2019s collection Our Story Begins<\/em> (New York: Random House\/Vintage, 2008).
\nCLICK ON THE LINK BELOW; ONE .DOCX FILE WILL DOWNLOAD TO YOUR COMPUTER:
\nKate – Wolff lesson plan rev<\/a>
\n\u2022 NOTE: this story is available in print, or as an audiobook for $ .99: http:\/\/www.downpour.com\/that-room-1<\/p>\n

Publisher\u2019s summary of \u201cThat Room\u201d:
\nIn this short story by the masterful Tobias Wolff, a teenage boy learns the joys – and struggles – of adult life.
\nEager for independence and adult-like freedom, a teenage boy takes a summer job baling hay on a rural farm. Savoring the farm wife\u2019s attention and the extra change in his pocket, the boy feels like a grown man. The fellow hands give him a sense of camaraderie – Clemson, a fastidious boy who attends the same high school; Eduardo, a talkative Mexican seasonal worker; and Miguel, a quiet man and Eduardo\u2019s brother.
\nOne night, after working the fields from dawn until dusk, Clemson and the boy drop the two brothers off at the decrepit hotel they live at during the summers. Eduardo invites the men in for a drink and they all accept. But the room is filthy and reeking of mildew, and as angry words lead to dangerous actions, the boy must face the reality of his situation.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

These lesson plans were created by two students in Professor Peter Schmidt\u2019s English Literature 71D, \u201cThe Short Story in the U.S.\u201d (Fall 2014). Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Pennsylvania, USA.<\/p>\n

If you would like to use these lesson plans you are welcome to do so, but please first contact Peter Schmidt at the Department of English Literature, Swarthmore College. My email is available on the department\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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