Dawn Lesson Plan

Earth Through Alien Eyes

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will create original pieces of visual art to explore what the Oankali see when they look at Earth.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5

Structure:

To begin this activity, take student volunteers to read aloud the following passages in Chapter 1 which describe the training floor:

"The training room was brown and green and blue"...