Call Me By Your Name Lesson Plan

Letters of truth

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

To continue to explore the theme of silence vs. speech

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

Students will read “His name was Dwight” by Andre Aciman (https://www.them.us/story/his-name-was-dwight). Students will then write a letter confessing a secret or truth to someone they have feared to confess such a thing to. The letter will remain private, unless the student should choose to make it public. To ensure that students do not feel anxious or persecuted by this activity, also give them the option to instead perform this activity as a creative writing...