Foe Lesson Plan

My Dinner With Foe

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will act out an imagined scene between two of the novel's characters.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

Throughout Chapter 2, Susan's letters serve as the only frame of reference the reader has regarding the events that take place after she and Friday arrive in England. She acknowledges having met with Foe and discussing the possibility of him writing her story, but we only have her side of the conversation. For this assignment, students will break into pairs and imagine what that first encounter between Susan and Foe might have looked like.

Each pair's scenes must include a...