Things Fall Apart Lesson Plan

Scene Adaptation: Script Writing

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to adapt a scene from the novel for performance

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6

Structure:

Divide the class into groups of no fewer than three, and no more than six, students. Each student in the group should share one scene in the book that has particularly interested them, and provide a few reasons why this scene stands out to them. Where does the scene fall in the book? What is its significance to the overall story? Who are the key characters? Is it an action scene, or one...