Interpreter of Maladies Lesson Plan

Overlapping Theme Collage

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will create digital collages that thoughtfully and artistically convey an overlapping theme in two or more of the stories.

Structure:

Students will find a theme that is present in at least two of the four stories they've read from the collection so far ("A Temporary Matter," "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine," "Interpreter of Maladies," and "A Real Durwan.") They will write a paragraph or two describing how the theme overlaps between the two (or more) stories.

Then, students will create a digital collage that represents that overlapping theme. They can use design software or apps like...