Sample Pages
Table of Contents
- The full, unabridged text of “A Modest Proposal”
- Introduction
- Pre-Flight: Before You Read
- A Modest Proposal
- Discussion Questions
- Wrap Up: After You Read
- A Note About Wrap-Ups
- I Kidnap Jonathan Swift
- Swift Quotes
- Additional Reading
- Create Your Own Memes
Also included are open-ended, Socratic discussion questions to help students think more in depth about the essay, some quotes from Swift and a list of some of his other writings.
I don’t really know how to reveal one of the last pieces of the puzzle without sending potential readers into fits of euphoria, but here goes: there is also a portrait of Swift!
But that was not the last piece of the puzzle! There are also memes made using some great art pieces and blank memes so students can get creative.