STAGE 1 – DESIRED RESULTS ESTABLISHED GOALS SW READ

Stage 1 – Desired Results

Established Goals: SW read various materials and texts with comprehension and critical analysis -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey

Understandings:

SW Understand that…

Novelists often provide insight about the human experience and inner life through fictional means.

Symbolism is often used to enrich the work while making a statement about the theme, characters, and/or experiences.

Essential Questions:

What is the relationship between authority and subordinates?

What truths about the human experience can best be rendered fictionally?

Does Kesey’s symbolism and characterization reflect the human experience?

Students will know…

• The plot and characters of Cuckoo’s Nest

• Various stylistic techniques that Kesey employed

Students will be able to…

• Apply interpretative reading strategies

• Develop a well reasoned hypothesis

• Apply the writing process to produce a draft and revision of analytical writing.

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

Performance Tasks:

You are a psychiatrist counseling and diagnosing Chief Bromden. After a close reading of Bromden’s experiences, your task is to: 1) write a summary report for his file 2) write a diagnosis and analysis of his behavior 3) write a plan of action to help change any problem behaviors

Other evidence: 1. Journals 2. venn diagram comparing foils 3. close analysis of select passages 4. List/chart central themes 4. comprehension quizzes 5. final test 6. study questions 7. graphic organizer for minor characters 8. Graphic organizer (motivation) McMurphy 9. Debate – is the book anti-woman? 10. Oral presentation – how author characterizes reflections of the past in different characters 11. Graphic organizer (fishbone) – analyzing themes 12. flashcards defining the psychiatric terms 13. Group oral presentation with overheads – theme of coercion 14. debate on use of anecdotal records 15. Chart items necessary for an effective movie then.. 16. View film version and compare to expectations 17. Create a patient history chart before and after they encounter Nurse Ratched and McMurphy. Indicate changes 18. Essay: describe the events in the story that display a shift in power structure. Include McMurphy’s arrival and first bath, group sessions, the World Series, the fishing trip, and the Chief’s murder of McMurphy

Stage 3 – Learning Plan

Learning Activities:

• Introduce the essential questions first

• Read and discuss text

• Write daily journal entries

• Research and analyze underlying social issues

• Role play a psychiatrist analyzing Bromden (2 people 1 is Bromden 1 is psych.)

• Review writing process