The Shadow Lines Lesson Plan

Family Tree

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will analyze and present the concept of incest in general and in relation to the book through thoughtful conversation and research.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.6

Structure:

In pairs, students will use a digital family tree maker (Canva has a great, free one) to make a family tree for the narrator's family.

Once they are finished, they will discover that while the narrator calls Ila his cousin, she is actually a distant cousin. This is important, as students have probably...