A Wrinkle in Time Lesson Plan

Images of Space

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to use L'Engle's language to visualize the settings and scenes of the novel

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.5

Structure:

Although L'Engle writes science fiction, she uses vivid visual and sensory detail to make her reader feel connected to the settings and events. Read aloud a couple of passages from the book that exemplify this—for example, the description of what they see from Mrs. Whatsit's flight in Chapter 4, or the description of the Medium sitting by the fire in Chapter 5. Can students picture the scene, feel...