The Cherry Orchard Lesson Plan

Five Years Later

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will hypothesize about what the future might hold for the characters of The Cherry Orchard.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3,

Structure:

What does the future have in store for each of the characters in The Cherry Orchard?

Assign each student one or more of the following characters:

• Madame Ranevskaya
• Gayev
• Lopahkin
• Varya
• Anya
• Dunyasha
• Yepikhodov
• Yasha
• Charlotta
• Trofimov
• Simeonov-Pishchik

Have the student imagine what this character's life is going to be...