A Burnt-Out Case Lesson Plan

"An Architect of Souls"

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will brainstorm and write versions of Parkinson's article about Querry.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6

Structure:

In this section, readers meet the narcissistic and journalistically dishonest Parkinson, who has come to the leproserie to write a sensational article about Querry. At the end of the section, Father Thomas reads some of this article, called "An Architect of Souls. The Hermit of the Congo." to Querry. Though readers are given a few quotes, the book does not contain the entirety of...