The Candy House Lesson Plan

Interrogating the Characters

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Students will use their knowledge of the characters in the book to come up with questions and answers that directly relate to those characters' lives/histories/personalities.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1,

Structure:

Assign members of the class to play the part of some of the main characters: Bix, Alfred, Miles, Drew, Lincoln, Melora, Roxy, Chris Salazar, Molly, Hannah, Lulu, Gregory Bouton, Ames, and Lou Kline. You might even assign some of the minor characters like Stephanie Salazar, Bennie Salazar, Jazz Attenborough, Noreen, and Miranda...