The Brothers Karamazov Lesson Plan

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Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will prepare a news report on the murder of Fyodor Pavlovich.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2

Structure:

In groups of 3-4, students will prepare a newspaper report on the murder of Fyodor Pavlovich, based on the information gathered by the police. It should be noted that students are not to simply write a summary of what happened in the novel, since a news reporter would have no knowledge of what really happened between Dmitri and his father that evening. Have students consider what an outside observer might notice from the scene of the crime after the fact: given the evidence...