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Looking for the Byronic Hero Using Twilight's Edward Cullen
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| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 50-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Brookhaven, Mississippi |
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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Markers
- Chart paper
- Internet connected computers
- Classroom computer with projector
STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.
Grades 6 – 12 | Student Interactive | Inquiry & Analysis
Students can map out the key literary elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution as prewriting for their own fiction or as analysis of a text by another author in this secondary-level interactive.
Grades K – 8 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose
The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class.
PRINTOUTS
- Examples of the Byronic Hero
- Characteristics of the Byronic Hero
- Byronic Hero Projects
- Sample Rubric for Byronic Hero Projects
- Book Cover Creator Planning Sheets
WEBSITES
- The Official Website of Stephenie Meyer
- Immortals and Vampires and Ghosts, Oh My!: Byronic Heroes in Popular Culture
- The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television
- The Satanic and Byronic Hero: Overview
- The Life and Work of Lord Byron 1788-1824
PREPARATION
- Title two sheets of chart paper (or sections of an overhead transparency): Hero and Villain.
- Arrange for use of an Internet-connected classroom computer with a projector.
- Make copies or a transparency of the handouts Examples of Byronic Heroes, Characteristics of the Byronic Hero, and Byronic Hero Projects. Fill in the blanks referring to due dates and requirements on the project descriptions prior to making copies.
- Arrange for computer access for Sessions Two, Three, and Four.
- Test the Venn diagram and other interactive tools for this lesson on your computer. Familiarize yourself with the tools and ensure that you have the proper Flash plug-ins installed. You can download the plug-in from the technical support page.
- Preview the Websites section for resources about the Byronic hero and bookmark them on your computer or student computers.
- Familiarize yourself with Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and other texts that feature a Byronic hero.
- For background information on Lord Byron, see The Life and Work of Lord Byron 1788-1824.