"The Landlady" and Other Short Stories Lesson Plan

Interactive Story

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will write a creative narrative in connection with what they read.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

Structure:

In a previous activity, students answered questions about the characters and stakes in their own original story. For this activity, students use that as the basis for producing a kind of fan fiction.

To begin the activity, ask students to describe what they think fan fiction is. Students will likely say that fan fiction is when a person creates a story that belongs to the world another person created but has an original plot and maybe even some other original characters. Inform...