The Secret Life of Bees Lesson Plan

Timeline Game for "The Secret Life of Bees"

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will begin to create a timeline of events in the novel and evaluate how these events contributed

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10

Structure:

In this activity, students will parse out what events happened in what order in the novel (so far) and evaluate why those events might be important in different characters' lives. Before class, select 30 to 40 important events from The Secret Life of Bees and write them out in order on post-it notes.

Next, separate the individual events/experiences into random groups of 8-10. Place...