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The Wedding
Kind of Activity:
Artistic Response
Objective:
To strengthen students' understanding of the text by having them reinterpret it on their own terms.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3
Structure:
There are many symbolic items in Paradise - the oven, the motto on it, the graffiti, the cars driven by different characters. Each of these things, woven into the narrative, deepen its commentary and critique.
In this activity, students will have an opportunity to closely examine the text by creating an artistic interpretation of one of the pivotal moments of the narrative, K.D. and...
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