How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water Lesson Plan

Role-Playing the Characters

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will develop a more profound understanding of the characters by writing questions for them that evoke thoughtful responses or answering questions thoughtfully from the perspective of that character.

Structure:

Students will come up in front of the class and pretend they are one of the book's characters. The teacher will assign the specific character they will be role-playing when they get up there. Choose both major and minor characters, so long as it's reasonable for students to have knowledge about that character. An example list might include: Cara, Fernando, Ángela, Hernán, Lulú, the...