Hayavadana Lesson Plan

Game: Identity Relay Race

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will engage more deeply with the themes of the text through gameplay.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6

Structure:

The point of this game is to get people to think in a fun way about what characteristics distinguish different people, and how. To start, the teacher should split the class into 3-4 groups of at least 6 people but no more than 8. Through a process of random selection (or self-selection), 1 person in each of the student groups should be selected as the "Identit-er." The rest of the members of their groups will become known as "...