The Girl on the Train Lesson Plan

What's the Story With the Pile of Clothing?

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will attempt to look at something in Rachel's world and see it the way that she would.

Common Core Standards:

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

Structure:

On the first page of The Girl on the Train, Rachel sees a pile of discarded clothing by the train tracks and wonders how it came to be there.

Ask the students to answer the following questions about the pile of clothing:

• What do you think is in this pile of clothing? What is the light blue thing that Rachel sees in the...