The Red Badge of Courage Lesson Plan | Unit Objectives
1. Through reading Crane's The Red Badge of Courage, students will gain a better understanding of the "coming of age" theme as they are exposed to the path of the main character's personal growth to manhood.
2. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the text on four levels: factual, interpretive, critical and personal.
3. Students will recognize that conflicts within ourselves are a natural part of personal growth at any age in any historical era.
4. Students will study Crane's impressionistic style of writing.
5. Students will be exposed to the experiences of other war veterans who have been in combat.
6. Students will be given the opportunity to practice reading aloud and silently to improve their skills in each area.
7. Students will answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in The Red Badge of Courage as they relate to the author's theme development.
8. Students will enrich their vocabularies and improve their understanding of the novel through the vocabulary lessons prepared for use in conjunction with the novel.
9. The writing assignments in this unit are geared to several purposes:
a. To have students demonstrate their abilities to inform, to persuade, or to express their own personal ideas
Note: Students will demonstrate ability to write effectively to inform by developing and organizing facts to convey information. Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively to persuade by selecting and organizing relevant information, establishing an argumentative purpose, and by designing an appropriate strategy for an identified audience. Students will demonstrate the ability to write effectively to express personal ideas by selecting a form and its appropriate elements.
b. To check the students' reading comprehension
c. To make students think about the ideas presented by the novel
d. To encourage logical thinking
e. To provide an opportunity to practice good grammar and improve students' use of the English language.