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Discussion: Buckling the Swash, Swashing the Buckle
Kind of Activity:
Classwide Discussion
Objective:
Students will critically analyze information and ideas pertinent to understanding the text.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1
Structure:
At the beginning of this activity, the teacher should have students watch the following excerpt from the 1990 film adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OAXX-tr0gzg
Then, he/she should open a more general discussion by asking what students thought of the clip, and how they think it compares so far to...
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