Half of a Yellow Sun Lesson Plan

Video Analysis of Two Adichie Texts

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will analyze the similarities between the novel and the short story to better understand the choices Adichie makes as an author.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

Students will read Adichie's short story, "A Private Experience."

When they are finished reading, they will make videos comparing the short story to Half of a Yellow Sun. In their comparisons, they will select three ways the two texts are similar to include in their video analysis: theme, setting,...