The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Lesson Plan

Parallel Structure on the Virtues

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to create parallel structure in strong, descriptive sentences, deconstructing and analyzing the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4

Structure:

Depending on the size of your class, consider assigning the work of this exercise to individuals or pairs.

Students will be assigned one of the thirteen virtues. Using a combination of specific examples from the text and thoughts of their own, they will free-write about Franklin's personal endeavor to acquire their assigned virtue. Then they will create three lines of parallel construction (see below),...