Juno and the Paycock Lesson Plan

Dialect and Time

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to understand language in context

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4

Structure:

Separate the class into small groups, and choose one page of the day's readings.

Have the students translate idiomatic English of Ireland to idiomatic English of the present-day United States.

Students should focus not only on a word-for-word translation, but understanding what it is that the author is trying to convey with specific terms. For example, when Juno says that Johnny has "done his bit for Ireland," is she signaling that he acquired his injuries in the service of the nascent...