Unit Plan: The Stranger, Albert Camus

Unit Plan: The Stranger, Albert CamusEnglish Content: 10th Grade

Jerzy. J. OkolQuick SummeryA shipping clerk living in French Algiers in the 1940s, our protagonist, Meursault is a young, detached yet ordinary man. The novel begins with Meursault receiving a telegram informing him of his mothers death. He attends the funeral, but surprises other attendees with his unusual calm and, once again, detachment.

Bellwork/Exit Slip Activities

Day 1 -List three things that you believe to be culturally important in respect to your own background and where you come from.

Day 2 -Write down three concepts of philosophies we have covered from last class. Take turns reading aloud and analyzing, interpreting a variety of literary works by Camus Day 3-Write about what language means to you and in what ways is language relevant to its given location.

Day 4 --Define what absurdism means to you.

Day 5 - No Bellwork - Assessment/Quiz

ObjectivesDay 1Pre-Assessment of students comprehension of the concepts associated with the philosophies of essentialism, existentialism, and absurdismDay 2In groups of 3-4, explore the respective roles of futility, hope, and acceptance within The Myth of Sisythus.

Day 3In an open discussion, students will examine the language used by Camus in Summer In Algiers to describe his native Algeria.

Day 4In groups of 3-4, engage in meaningful discussions and write pieces that show evidence of reflection, analysis, and synthesis

Day 5Quiz/Assessment

Grading

Active class participation: (25%)Student-led discussion: (10%)Written responses and homework: (15 %) Quiz: (50%)

Accommodations In respect to an ELL or a student with an IEP. Accommodations will be the following. -