The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Lesson Plan

Discussion: The Fantastic

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will broaden their knowledge about the themes of the text.

Common Core Standards:

N/A

Structure:

This activity has two parts. In the first part, students should organize themselves into groups of 2-3 people. Half of these student groups will be assigned one chapter of Tzvetan Todorov's book The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre, while the other half will be assigned another chapter:

1. Chapter 2, "Definition of the Fantastic", p. 24-40

2. Chapter 3, "The Uncanny and the Marvellous", p. 41-57

Once the class has finished reading, the teacher should hand out a...