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Lesson 1 (from Childhood)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss Ditlevsen's childhood, and what is communicated about her fears. Ditlevsen compared childhood to a coffin. She wanted to leave her childhood behind, but she also feared the future.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Why did Ditlevsen compare childhood to a coffin? What did childhood appear like to others? Why was it not possible to tell if some adults had had a childhood? What did that say about their ability to leave childhood behind? How did that save them from the years of enduring and trudging through childhood? How were age and death the only ways to leave childhood? Why did Ditlevsen's childhood irritate her and her mother? What did Ditlevsen fear about childhood? Why did Ditlevsen way that childhood was dark? How did she compare childhood to a little animal? Why could one look back at childhood and see it...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 11-12.3(e)
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