Ursula Le Guin: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Collaborative Anthology

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will engage with the themes of the stories in a creative way.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

To begin the activity, explain to students that they are going to pretend they are on the board of a small press. The president of the board has decided to create a brand new anthology of Ursula K. Le Guin’s stories. The anthology will include the stories they read, but they get to decide things like the order and whether any stories will be left out.

Then organize students into groups. Explain to them that for the rest of the class period, they have three...