The Lovely Bones Lesson Plan

Video Journaling

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will develop a deeper understanding of a character in the novel by creating thoughtful video diaries in which the act as their character, expressing their true thoughts, feelings, and reactions to events that take place in the novel.

Structure:

For this activity, students will choose a prominent character from the novel aside from Susie: Lindsey, Abigail, Jack, Buckley, Ray, Ruth, or Mr. Harvey. Once they have chosen, they will create a log of video journals from the perspective of that character throughout Chapters 4-7. They will be creating these as if they were that character, expressing their...