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Dr. Simpsons Faustus

Standards

RL.9-10.1 - Common Core State Standards

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL.9-10.2 - Common Core State Standards

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

RL.9-10.3 - Common Core State Standards

Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Activator

Bart Sells His Soul: http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/The-Simpsons-Season-07/Episode-004?id=413

Learning Target

Scholars will examine three versions of the same story (two from the text and one from The Simpsons) and compare and contrast the three.

Work Session

So, today we’re learning about a niftyfun play called Dr. Faustus. It’s about a guy who sells his soul to the devil. No, seriously, it is! And after reading Dante’s Inferno, I bet you all can guess that that’s not really such a good idea.

We’re going to start out the day with a Dr. Faustus spoof from The Simpsons, an episode in which Bart sells his soul to Millhouse for 5 bucks. Again with the not so much a good idea, right?

After we watch The Simpsons, we’re going to read Faust from our textbook on page 851. I want you guys to partner up, choose one partner to be Faust and one to be Mephistopheles, and read the play aloud to each other. When you finish, you’ll flip to page 867, keep your same parts and read The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus. When you’ve finished with both, I would like you to write a summary for me.

Fill out graphic organizer for story summary

Fill out graphic organizer for one character.

Closing Session

Students will share their findings with another partnership and turn in their summary paragraphs.

Assessment

Summaries/Comparisons will be graded

Differentiation

Students will read with a partner based on varied reading levels, as well as see a modern visual interpretation of the older story they are reading in the textbook.