The Garden Party Lesson Plan

The Garden Party

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

To examine the details of the worlds described in the day's reading assignment.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

Structure:

Mansfield's stories are rich with imagery and highly descriptive language. Have students take that language and imagine a moment or scene from one of the stories from the day's reading assignment.

Moments to choose from:

- The Garden Party: the sisters having breakfast

- The Garden Party: the setting up of the garden

- The Garden Party: Laura learning of the accident

- The Garden Party: Laura disagreeing with her mother

- The Garden Party: the party itself

- The...