The Dream House Lesson Plan

Cracked Mirrors

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will create art to compare a character’s self-perception with another character’s perception of him or her.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6

Structure:

First, ask students to choose a character to focus on from their reading to date. Next, ask them to review the text for evidence of what a character thinks and feels from that character’s perspective. Then, do the same from another character’s perspective: what does this character think the first is thinking and feeling? Students next choose a physical art form to represent...