The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lesson Plan

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Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will develop imagined scenarios and write narratives that demonstrate how point of view is important to a reader's understanding of a story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.6; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.6

Structure:

In this activity, students will be rewriting a scene from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the point of view of another character (their choice). Students should consider how a situation might have played out differently to the mind of another character, or what...