Beloved Lesson Plan

Pass This On

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will be able to create artistic responses to a literary work and use the Internet to explore storytelling and story sharing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7

Structure:

Create a Tumblr account for your unit on Beloved. Have students submit their responses to the novel, in whatever form they choose. It could be a drawing, a poem, a critical essay, or something else, but students should submit at least one response per class day. Also post various related media, and allow students to send you suggestions for blogs/podcasts/etc....