Touching Spirit Bear Lesson Plan

Coming Attractions: Making the "Touching Spirit Bear" Movie

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will analyze the dramatic elements in various scenes in the novel, interpret the scenes into something that can be performed, create a film of the selected scene, and present their films to the class.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

Prior to class, select 4-5 short scenes from the novel that could be easily scripted and performed by small groups (of varying sizes).

Divide class into small groups of 4-5, depending on class size and number of...