The White Tiger Lesson Plan

The White Tiger Blogs

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will record their reactions, questions, and make and evaluate predictions throughout the duration of the book

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.10

Structure:

The White Tiger recounts scenes with violence (murder, car accidents, vivid description of Balram's mother's body on a funeral pyre, people hitting each other), sex work, abject poverty, drinking, and perpetual servitude. This material may be triggering to some students and the teacher should warn the class ahead of time about each of these occurrences. Emphasize to the students the classroom...