The Blind Side Lesson Plan

Role-Play Journaling

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will use their knowledge of the characters and events in the book to write journal entries from a character's perspective.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

Structure:

For this activity, students will choose one of the following characters for which to write a journal entry: Michael, Leigh Ann, Sean, Collins, SJ, Hugh Freeze. Once they choose a character, they will need to decide on a moment from Chapters 6-7 from which to write the journal entry. Their journal entries should reflect, from the perspective of the...