We Need New Names Lesson Plan

They Need New Names Too (Part 2)

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will evaluate the effects of narration on story and write with different voices in their own creative piece

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

Structure:

The students will write the second installment of their novels. Today, they will choose an alternative narrator. This narrator should be based on the narrator for "How They Appeared" and "How They Lived." The narrator is no longer a child, but a distant adult with a sweeping perspective. They can continue with the story where they left off, or jump backwards in time. The only...