The River Between Lesson Plan

Alternative Endings/Viewpoints

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will use their imagination to complete a creative writing assingment

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.2

Structure:

The students will individually complete a creative writing assignment from one of topics below:

1. Imagine an extended ending to the work. The novel ends with Waiyaki and Nyambura being placed in the hands of the Kiama who would judge them and decide what to do. What happens after they are turned over to the Kiama?

2. Write a narrative from another characters (Kinuthia, Nyambura, Waiyaki's mother,...