Dubliners Lesson Plan

Plot Structure in Dubliners

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to analyze the plot structure of the short stories that make up Dubliners

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5 ; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1

Structure:

In this activity, students will use traditional plot structure diagrams to help them distill the key events and narrative arc of a chosen story in Dubliners and will use their diagrams as the basis for short essays. Having chosen one of the four stories assigned for Day 3, students should identify and summarize what they feel are the major events of the action and create a detailed plot structure diagram,...