Judith J. Katz
I would expect the lessons in this unit to roughly the amount of class time that follows:
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Introduction to The Five Stages of Grief: two class periods.
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Creating a Memorial Ceremony: five class periods.
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Reading and Writing the Elegy: eight to ten class periods.
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Writing the List poem: eight to ten class periods.
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Add one to two days for each section after which you would like to have the students share their work (which I highly recommend).
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Total number of class periods (approximately) 30 class periods
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A note on modifying this unit
My target classes are sophomore creative writing students all of whom are experienced with both daily writing, as well as with the idea of using a primary text as the starting point for a piece of their own creative writing. They are likely to work through the lessons in this unit more quickly than perhaps students in an English class might. While they are self-identified writers, there is still a wide range of skill levels and abilities from students with IEP's (Individual Education Plans) to Honors level students and every kind of student in-between. Modification of the unit, even with the more experienced writing students, will certainly be required and is easily accomplished by modifying the length of works chosen as readings and the length and depth of writing expected of the students, as well as by using one, two, or all parts of the unit as written.