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Day 5

The Inheritance of Loss Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Character Analysis

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will use textual evidence to create a character analysis and explain how their character helps to convey one of the themes from the novel.

    Common Core Standards:

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

    Structure:

    Have the students identify all the main characters and make a list together on the board.

    Individually assign the students a character to analyze (Sai, the judge, the cook, Biju, Gyan, Nimi, Noni, Lola, Father Booty, Uncle Potty (include other characters as needed, Saeed, Harish-Harry, Bose, etc.)). The students should consider the character's traits, physical...

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