Lesson Plan for Reader Response

Lesson Plan
Reader Response Criticism:
Freddie, Julian, Nicole, Yanick

Objectives:
a) By the end of our presentation, students will be able to have a solid understanding of what reader response criticism is. Furthermore they will be able to identify key figures who theorized reader response and some of their theories behind reader response.
b) Students will be presented with background history of reader response in hopes of identifying the roots of this literary criticism.
c) Students will also be able to analyze a given text in the context of reader response.
d) Students will be presented with an interesting presentation which will hopefully keep them entertained and avidly participating.

Resources/Materials:
a) Projector
b) Laptop
c) Notes
d) Internet

Methodology:
Our group will be conducting a very informative presentation (slide show) concerning reader response criticism. We will be presenting background information on reader response and how it has evolved over the years as well as bibliographies and theories of the father’s of reader response (Fish, Iser, Holland, Jauss). Student’s will also be asked to read several texts and analyze them using reader response criticism.

Evaluation:
We will know when we have met our objectives when students are avidly participating in our presentation. We will also see that we have gotten through to the students when they are analyzing given texts using our literary criticism and they have a solid understanding of the theories behind reader response criticism.