A Lost Lady Lesson Plan

The Dinner Party

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will recognize the social forces at work in the Forresters' dinner party

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

A dinner party is not just a meal shared by friends. Instead, it is very much a game in which people have their own goals and strategies. To illustrate the game, students will play a game based around a dinner party.

Structure:

To begin the project, list on the board the names of the main characters in attendance at the party: Niel Herbert, Mrs. Forrester,...