A Lost Lady Lesson Plan

The Two-Year Gap

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will create a narrative to fill in a gap in the novella

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

Part Two, Chapter One opens two years after the events of the preceding chapter. Although Ivy Peters updates Niel about the events in Sweet Water, Cather does not tell us much about Niel's happenings at MIT.

Break students into groups of four and assign roles:

1. Leader - This student keeps everyone on task and will read the work to the class.

2. Event Planner - This student identifies things that college...