A White Heron and Other Stories Lesson Plan

The Maine Dialect in Marsh Rosemary

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

To examine how Jewett represents the Maine dialect and how it contributes to the story

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.C

Structure:

Instruct students to read “How to Talk Like a Mainer” by Michael Erard from the August 2015 issue of Down East (https://downeast.com/dialects/) and listen to some of the accent examples. Students will then split into small groups to discuss how the accent is represented in Marsh Rosemary. How does this add to or alter their understanding of the characters? Do they believe they would notice if a character was speaking who...