Sense and Sensibility Lesson Plan

Dramatis Personae

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will fill out a character map of the novel's main characters.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

Sense and Sensibility is full of characters, many of whom share names (e.g., Mrs. Dashwood and Mrs. John Dashwood). As a result, it can become difficult to keep track of who's who as we make our way through the novel. In order to make reading the book easier, students will fill out a character map that details the fundamental qualities and relationships between the primary characters, who we meet in today's reading.

This character map will essentially take the form...