To conclude the study of the play, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope, class members craft an in-class essay comparing Doescher's adaptation to George Lucas's film, Star Wars: A New Hope.

Concepts

william shakespeare, literary analysis, film analysis, compare and contrast essays

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide and discuss the rubric with writers a day or so before scheduling the essay
• If On Demand writing is not a requirement of your school district, consider providing more support and scaffolding for the assignment

Classroom Considerations

• Presumes class members have experience with in-class, timed writing and with crafting a compare/contrast essay
• The final lesson in a 10-lesson unit comparing multiple versions and mediums of the story of Star Wars: A New Hope

Pros

• Packet includes a rubric designed to assess in-class essays

Cons

• Does not provide scaffolding for the writing activity

Common Core

W.9-10.1.a W.9-10.2.b W.9-10.4 W.9-10.7 W.9-10.9.a W.11-12.1.a W.11-12.2.b W.11-12.4 W.11-12.7 W.11-12.9.b