As I Lay Dying Lesson Plan

What Do We Know?

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will briefly describe each member of the Bundren household.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

Structure:

Students are to make a list of each member of the Bundren household (except for Addie). Next, they are to write a brief paragraph about each person detailing what we know about their personality so far, as well as what their defining characteristics are at this point on the story. For instance, if writing about Cash, a student should most certainly include the fact that he is a carpenter and that he has built his mother's coffin. Finally, students will find a quotation that...