After reading Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, class members view the 1975 film version and then craft a critical review in which they compare the two versions and evaluate the success or failure of Milos Foreman's interpretation. 

Concepts

compare and contrast, book reviews

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Additional Tags

compare and contrast, critical reviews, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have class members compare One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest to Stuart Rosenberg Cool Hand Luke and address the question of which main character is most heroic

Classroom Considerations

• The activity presumes class members have experience establishing criteria to use as the basis of the comparisons
• Kesey is reported to have said that the film version of his novel "missed the whole point."

Pros

• The resource includes the plan, discussion questions, the review assignment and a rubric, a list of suggested readings, and links to related materials

Cons

• No model reviews are included

Common Core

RL.11-12.1