Monday – Read for the first 15 minutes of class. Students will compare the actions and attitudes of the duke and dauphin at the beginning of chapter 23 with the actions of Jim at the end of the chapter. Who is degraded and who climbs higher in our regard by their actions? Who has an ugly, corrupt, and cynical view of humanity? Who can feel remorse over bad actions and report them – the duke and dauphin, the townspeople, or Jim? Discuss as a class. Watch movie, if time.
Tuesday – Read to start the class. Review the three types of irony. Discuss Twain’s use of satire and irony within the book. Students will get into pairs and work on a class assignment that has them identify the type of irony used and analyze its effectiveness. Share out. Transition to two of the major symbols used in the book – the raft and the Mississippi River. Full class discussion. Watch movie, if time. Thursday – Begin class by reading silently. Today we will look at the five major themes within the book: slavery and racism, society and hypocrisy, religion and superstition, growing up, and freedom. After briefly discussing each, the students will be given an in-class assignment that will ask them to identify quotation from the book and put them under the correct theme. The students will work in pairs and then we will put the quotes together and discuss as a whole class. Exit slip: which theme has had the biggest impact on you? Explain. Watch movie, if time. Friday – Students will list Huck Finn’s attitudes and behaviors that change during the novel. In small groups, students list the three most important developments in Huck as he matures and learns to take responsibility for his choices. As a whole class, list Huck’s Ten Commandments—beliefs he has come to understand as rules to live by. Discuss: Do these represent a genuine moral code that we should all embrace? Continue with the end of our viewing of the movie.
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