A Separate Peace Lesson Plan

Blitzball

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Re-create Blitzball and invent a game that highlights students' own unique skills

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

Structure:

Take students outside or to the gymnasium, provide them with a football, and see if they can re-create the game of blitzball based on Knowles' description in the text. Key points:

- There is a ball carrier who tries to carry the ball to the other side of the field.

- Everyone tries to knock down the ball carrier, but without using their arms.

- If you knock down the ball carrier, you get the ball.

- You can throw the ball to other people, but they can refuse it.

- If...