Julio Cortazar: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Trauma and Deceit: Seeing, Sensing, and Silence in “Bestiary”

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will explore Isabel's experience through the framework of trauma.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3,CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1,

Structure:

In 2021 in the U.S., we are beginning to face the widespread incidence of trauma in our society, on both the collective and individual level. For many people (particularly members of marginalized groups), this trauma...