As I Lay Dying Lesson Plan

Potent Quotables

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will identify the novel's main characters and find excerpts from the text that exemplify their individual voices.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4

Structure:

Divide students into small groups. Have them identify each member of the Bundren family given a voice (Addie does not speak, so she is exempt) and write down their names and relationships to each other. Next, students will go through the text and find a short passage that they feel exemplifies each character. For instance, for Jewel, students may quote him talking about his desire to be alone with his mother, or expressing his...