The English Patient Lesson Plan

Mapping The English Patient

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Be able to present on cumulative research and evaluate how additional information informs reading of the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Structure:

Have students volunteer to show the maps and Pinterest boards they’ve built. Focus on each character in the book and have a student present on that character’s geographic journey on the map and in images related to that character’s journey and experiences.

Some topics for discussion when considering each character:

• What effect did seeing the character’s journey on a map and in historical images...