How does the theme of gender inequality develop in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own and Shakespeare's Hamlet? Pupils craft a multi-paragraph response to analyze the relationship between the texts. They use evidence from both works to support an original claim.

Concepts

virginia woolf, character development, hamlet, literary themes, supporting details, essay writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Allow students to use their unit notes and handouts to complete the assignment 

Classroom Considerations

• Expects familiarity with characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet
• Final lesson from the eight-part Grade 11 ELA Module 1: Unit 3 series
  

Pros

• Provides extensive examples of high-performance responses
• Addresses Common Core ELA standards for vocabulary, writing, and reading 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.11-12.3 RI.11-12.2 W.11-12.2.a W.11-12.2.b W.11-12.2.c W.11-12.2.d W.11-12.2.e W.11-12.2.f W.11-12.9.a W.11-12.9.b L.11-12.1.a L.11-12.2.a