Lost in Yonkers Lesson Plan

Letters to Yourself (And Others) - Part 2

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will write journal entries from the points of view of the play's various characters.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

Structure:

Students will continue the journaling project they started on Day 1. At this point in the project, students (or the instructor) will decide whether these journal entries will focus on a single character for the duration of the play's study, or if writers will have the opportunity to pick a different character after each day.

Students will, if applicable, select a new character and write a brief journal entry reacting to the...