Infinite Jest Lesson Plan

Personal Reflection

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will write a journal entry reflecting on the novel they've just read.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2

Structure:

Infinite Jest is a towering work of literature that demands a lot from its readers and deals with a number of difficult subjects, such as addiction, toxic family relationships, self-identity, abuse, death, suicide, love, and heartbreak, and so on. Wallace seems to have considered the full human experience in this novel, all of its ups and downs, and the sheer effort that it takes to simply live a good life. After reading such a complex work, students have...