Love in the Time of Cholera Lesson Plan

Mind Map

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will produce Mind Maps that aggregate information having to do with key themes in the work.

Structure:

Provide students with unlined paper of some kind (e.g., printer paper, some form of construction paper) as well as colored pencils or markers or just pencils. Using themes offered in the "Introduction of the Novel" section of this Lesson Plan, ask students to briefly discuss the major themes of the work:

Language and Seduction

Longevity and Longing

Love vs. Lust

Men and Women

Class

East vs. West

Afterward, using a SmartBoard or other projecting tool, watch this tutorial on Mind Maps. Then, break the students...