The Fault in Our Stars Unit Plan

This superb unit plan includes everything you might need to teach John Green's The Fault in Our Stars.

Contents:

Unit Calendar
• Suggested unit calendar for The Fault in Our Stars.

Chapter Questions
• Includes comprehension, critical, and personal response questions for every chapter in The Fault in Our Stars.
• Teachers can choose how to use the questions and how to deliver them. They can be answered as homework and discussed in class; used for independent novel studies or summer reading assignments; answered in journal form; etc.
• Answer key provided.

Vocabulary Lists and Exercises
• Printable vocabulary lists that students can cut-up and manipulate for games and studying.
• Vocabulary charts in which students can record definitions and sample sentences.

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzles
• Three crossword puzzles.
• Excellent for alternative form of assessment.
• Answer keys provided.

Literary Devices Chart
• Chart includes definitions for important literary devices such as metaphor, personification, imagery, allusion, pun, etc.
• Students complete the chart with examples from The Fault in Our Stars.

Giveaway Ad Writing Activity
• Handout with detailed instructions provided.
• Students write a giveaway ad in the style of Hazel and Augustus from The Fault in Our Stars.

Character Files
• Printable templates for recording information about important characters.
• Great scaffolding pieces for character sketches and other writing outcomes.

Character Sketch
• Handout with detailed instructions provided.
• Students write a character sketch using the structure and style described in the instructions.
• Sample character sketch provided to show students each element of the structure.

Imagery Lesson
• Handouts and writing exercises provided.
• Students learn what imagery is and how it is enhanced through the effective use of literary devices including metaphor, simile, and personification.
• Students learn the difference between abstract and concrete images, and practice creating concrete images.

Imagery in The Fault in Our Stars
• Handout with detailed instructions provided.
• Students analyze important examples of imagery in The Fault in Our Stars, and practice creating images to represent feelings.

Sonnet 55
• Students explore Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55 and examine how it relates to The Fault in Our Stars.
• Poem and questions provided.

Not Marble Nor Gilded Monuments
• Students analyze MacLeish’s poem and explore its connection to The Fault in Our Stars and Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55.
• Poem and handout with questions provided.
Shakespeare vs MacLeish
• Students examine and express their interpretations of Shakespeare’s and MacLeish’s thoughts on the power of words to memorialize and immortalize.
• Handout provided.

Star Crossed Lovers
• Handout with detailed instructions provided.
• Students examine John Green’s allusions to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Julius Caesar in The Fault in Our Stars.

Augustus Waters’ Journal
• Handout provided.
• Students learn about point of view, and demonstrate their understanding of Augustus Waters by writing three diary entries at specific intervals in his voice.

Theme Workshop
• Detailed teacher instructions on how to conduct the lesson.
• The workshop includes a formula to help students better understand the concept of theme.
• Students write theme statements for The Fault in Our Stars after completing a series of scaffolding steps.

Theme Collage
• Handout with detailed instructions and criteria provided.
• Students create collages to represent themes in The Fault in Our Stars.
• Students must also explain how their images represent each theme.

Unit Test
• Comprehensive unit test for final assessment.
• Three sections: matching, short answer, and paragraph.
• Answer key provided.

Standards Alignment Grid
• Alignment grid showing which Common Core State Standards are addressed in this unit plan for The Fault in Our Stars.