If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will be able to analyze the historical context of the novel.
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Students will be able to read, discuss, and interpret the linguistic complexities of Nadsat in the novel; evaluate how Burgess both creates and applies them; and create writing that includes their own linguistic creations and challenges.
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Students will discuss Burgess's choices as an author and how his perspectives on the work often differed from those of his readers.
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Students will be able to compare and contrast the film adaptation and the novel.
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Students will write...