One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Lesson Plan

Mess Hall Map

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will visualize a scene from the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

The mess hall scenes in One Day in the Life are presented as chaotic and messy. To help readers make sense of the action, this assignment asks students to make a map of the mess hall.

Distribute sheets of paper to each student. Ask students to read out loud passages from the mess hall scene.

Once they have finished...