'The Obsolete Man'-Twilight Zone 2+ Days of Lesson Materials!

“I’m a human being!” “You’re a librarian, Mr. Wordsworth.”

I love using The Twilight Zone series in my ELA classes. Typically, I get several groans when first talking to students about this show ("No color? Boring!") but before long, the students are hooked on this series! I have also included the themed virtual classroom!

The ' Obsolete Man' is the story of Librarian Romney Wordsworth. He is judged obsolete and sentenced to death by a Chancellor of a fascist State of the future. In this totalitarian future, all books and religions have been permanently banned.

Increase student engagement and change up your lessons!

Included in this Listing

• Twilight Zone Themed Virtual Classroom Template
• Important Vocabulary
• Discussion Pages to Promote Critical Thinking Skills 
• SMART Board Title Slide to Use as Bell Work or Exit Ticket
• Graphic Organizers to Facilitate Collaboration 
• Opening Monologue Discussion Pages/Universal Themes
• Differentiated Worksheets, Including a Draw or Write Option
• Inference and Predictions Sheet- Includes Times to Pause the Episode and What Topics to Discuss with Students
• Important Literary Device Worksheet With Examples
• Differentiated Assessments-Great for Students with accommodations
• Creative Lesson Extension Ideas
• ALL Answer Sheets Included!

⭐⭐ Additional Ideas⭐⭐

• Use to supplement a unit on literary devices
• Use as an assessment for listening comprehension, executive functioning skills, etc
• Use the Virtual Classroom to further entice students-add in music from the theme song and have the class add links to the virtual classroom on a topic you choose
• Discuss in-depth the opening monologue and why it is important to the story
• The dialogue in this episode is superb and would make for a lively class discussion
• This could also be used as an introduction to a literature unit about Dystopias