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Introduce what an epitaph is and then have the students write epitaphs of some
characters in Fahrenheit 451 and discuss.
Then introduce Spoon River Anthology.
o Entire book is nothing but epitaphs
o Through the epitaphs you can learn about the characters in the town of SR
Introduce Interactive Fiction & Voices of Spoon River
o During this unit of instruction, students will be given the opportunity to
play a game centered around SRA
o Demo another IF game in class (e.g. adverbum or zork)
o Review the read-me
Suggested Discussion Topics
During the discussion intervention, the instructor will be solely responsible for the
scheduling of class time and the direction of all discussion. The instructor will be given
guidance, in the form of (a) the Spoon River Anthology text, (b) the design documents of
both groups (with particularly relevant sections indicated), (c) websites with relevant
materials, including lesson plans, and (d) time with the VOSR team to discuss the text.
Possible instructor resources:
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/springbrookhs/spoon/lessonplans.html
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/8405/spoonrivercrazy.html
http://filemaker3.mcps.k12.md.us/spoonriver/FMPro?-db=spoonriver.FP5&-lay=Layout
%20%231&-format=search.htm&-view
http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/lsf/orth16.htm
The only study related requirements, during the discussion intervention, will be covering
(a) the Judge Somers, Penniwit, Carl Hamblin, and Editor Whedon characters and (c) not
covering Harry Wilmans and Judson Stoddard or any additional VOSR related characters
(except Judge Somers, Editor Whedon and Carl Hamblin).
To Discuss
Carl Hamblin
Judge Somers
Editor Whedon
To NOT Discuss
McGees (Ollie and Fletcher)
Judson Stoddard
Elsa Wertman
Mrs. Sibley
Jack McGuire
Penniwit, the Artist
Harry Wilmans
Possible Discussion Topics
Thematic elements
o Relationships
o Revenge
o Justice/Injustice
o Religion
o Jealousy
Poetic structure
o Epitaph
o Free verse
o Figurative language
o Repetition
Interrelationships
o What can you infer about the relationships between characters?
o What can you infer about the individual characters lives from the
information given in the epitaphs?