Lesson Plan for Day #7
Title: Stardom
or Starvation: The problem with the lesions in Feed
Overview: This class session will give students
increasing freedom to discuss their own interpretations of the lesion allegory
in Feed. This class will also
fulfill
Goals / Objectives:
·
Students will
actively draw connections between real-world issues and the lesions in the
novel, Feed
·
Students will
think critically about our culture’s portrayal of ideal feminine weight
Materials / Resources Needed
“Stardom or Starvation” pictures
Activities / Procedures:
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At the beginning of class
we will have an open discussion about the lesions that Quendy and Calista are
getting. What do you think about the
lesions? What caused the original
ones? Why are people getting fake
ones? Do you think they are cool? Why did Violet yell the way that she did at
Quendy during the party? What sorts of
things in today’s culture do you think the lesions could represent? We will make a list, and add it to the
discussion board, “Real-World Connector Cable.” |
20 minutes |
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After discussing and
validating all of the suggestions for real-world lesions, we will look
further into one possible connection.
I will display the pictures contained in the document “Stardom or
Starvation,” one at a time. I will ask
students to free-write about how their reactions to each picture. How does this picture make you feel? Is this person popular? Is this person successful? Is this person attractive? If you could, would you look like this
person or date this person? Is this
person happy? |
15 minutes |
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Open discussion about
student reactions to the pictures and their free-writing. Why did we answer these questions the way
we did? Why do these pictures affect
us so differently even though all of the people pictured suffer from
malnourishment and low body weight? |
15 minutes |
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I will assign pages 207-251
for tomorrow’s class. |
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Assessment:
Students will receive
participation points for their free-writing and discussion participation today.