Henry IV Part 2 Lesson Plan

Crafting a Character Silhouette and Acrostic

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will produce a silhouette and an acrostic of their preferred character from the story.

Structure:

Materials needed: black construction paper, "old"-looking construction paper, glue, scissors.

Students will also need access to computers with word-processing software, as well as printers to print off their written work (explained in the last step).

On a SmartBoard or other projector, follow this link to a page from the blog Vanessa Riley's Regency Reflections, "The Art of the Silhouette." After students familiarize themselves with the technique of producing a...