An Artist of the Floating World Lesson Plan

Ishiguro's Biography

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to understand the influence of the author's life on his fiction

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1.A

Structure:

As homework the night before, students will have researched Kazuo Ishiguro's biography, including both secondary biographies and primary sources. They should have collected at least five sources, and written a succinct paragraph describing each source. Have them bring these sources to class, either printed out or saved to a personal computer or tablet. The latter may be necessary if they have sound clips or videos as part of their research.

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