American Born Chinese Lesson Plan

Create Your Own Webcomic!

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will creatively build upon the text through creative writing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.10 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7-8.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7-8.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7-8.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7-8.5

Structure:

The teacher should begin this activity by asking students what kind of comic they would write about their experiences in school if given the chance. What kind of experiences would they focus on, and would they be anything like the experiences that Jin has? As students answer, the...