Wuthering Heights Lesson Plan

Mapping the Moors: Illustration and Architectural Drawings

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to perform close readings of descriptive and narrative text in another medium

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5

Structure:

Discuss the descriptions of Thrushcross Grange, Wuthering Heights, and the moors surrounding them. Brontë's writing is tremendously atmospheric: ask the students if they have ever experienced a place like this, and what they imagine it would feel like to be there. Discuss the differences between the two houses and the parks...