Group Teach- Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'

As my group prepared for the team teach on Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar', we felt that we should be organized. We started by talking about different aspects of the book and the ways in which the book expressed a varied array of meanings and perspectives. We divided the aspects into five segments; intro, the life and poetry of the author, theory, symbols and multi genre activities concerning the ending of the book. The sequential tone of our presentation lended itself to the flow which made it understandable.
I think the students were engaged in our presentation and it allowed them to think differently about the books meaning. Especially when we gave insight into Sylvia Plaths life, the parallel between her life and the life of the protagonist Ethel was uncanny. This book would be great to bring in the classroom. It would require lots of planning but it could definitely be pulled off. I'd be cautious of the sexually suggestive material such as the rape scene and also the suicide attempts. I would like to teach this in a 12th grade class because I feel that they are slightly more mature and would potentially be able to handle such graphic material with maturity. Overall, I enjoyed working with a group of people to put together this unit on 'The Bell Jar'.