Dune Lesson Plan

Credit For Your Thoughts

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will write a journal entry from the perspective of one of the novel's characters responding to the day's reading.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3

Structure:

Frank Herbert is liberal with his point-of-view throughout Dune: although most chapters have a primary POV character, he freely jumps in and out of the thoughts of characters surrounding them, as well. This approach to writing gives the reader a rich resource of information regarding the internal lives of our characters and how they choose to reflect...