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Tilting at Windmills
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Contemporary application
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4 sd (Grades 11-12)
Structure:
Today's readings include the "tilting at windmills" passages so familiar to anyone from this novel. Students should be broken up into groups of 4, with Internet and printer access for each group. They should locate pictures of contemporary people who are "tilting at windmills" and explain why they fit this passage so well, then write a short report telling their fellow students what makes this person noteworthy. What windmill are they tilting at? What motivated them to start on that path? What is their...
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