Day 5

Drown Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Synthesizing Themes and Analysis in Writing

    Kind of Activity:

    Individual Writing

    Objective:

    In preparation for the final essay, students will use analytical skills developed over the course of the unit to create an outline of a longer piece of writing that synthesizes themes and character development from several short stories in the collection.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

    Structure:

    To begin, students should choose either a theme or a character from the following lists:

    Theme:

    Family,

    Sexuality

    Masculinity

    Identity

    Belonging

    Characters:

    Yunior

    Virta (Yunior's mother)

    Ramón (Yunior's father)

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