The Thing Around Your Neck Lesson Plan

Point of View and Identity

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will examine the effects of using different points of view across various forms of writing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3

Structure:

Identify the point of view Adichie uses in each story from today's reading assignment. Each student will select a passage from one of the stories and rewrite it using a different POV type (i.e., don't switch the character, but do switch from third-person limited narration style to first-person,...