Group Teach - The Bell Jar

I thought that our group teach went rather well. I felt we had prepared the materials correctly, and thoroughly, and that the entire presentation went very smoothly.

Lauren Hill's introduction to the book covered the main characters as well as the idea of what the bell jar represented, as well as covering the time period in which it was written.

Lauren Griffith's time line on the life of Sylvia Plath was a great way to connect the author to the text. Having the class read "Daddy" and listening to Plath read it was a great way to see the way a poem can work with reader response.

Tia's theory section was a great way to apply our lenses. It was interesting to see feminist and psychoanalytic theory applied to the text.

Sara's symbolism section allowed us to look more closely at the text for images and colors.

My multigenre/writing activities allowed the students to take the text and rework it into their own.

I thought we had a good amount of classroom interaction, good activities, and we managed to use our time wisely. I thought we prepared a good presentation, and hopefully the class got something out of it.