If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Lesson Plan

Lost in Translation

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will engage with a short series of translations.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

Structure:

This activity should come after students have read (or listened to) NPR’s article “The Art of Translation” (https://www.npr.org/2008/11/22/97002969/the-art-of-translation).

To begin the activity, lead students through a Think-Pair-Share. Ask students: What are some potential complications that translators and readers of translations face? Encourage students to think about both the article “The Art of Translation” and the novel If on a winter’s night a...