Billy Budd Lesson Plan

Different Perspectives

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students better understand the motivations and misunderstandings of characters

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.B, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9

Structure:

Because the story comes from the perspective of a narrator whose omniscience changes throughout the novella, we sometimes don't understand why characters do what they do. In chapter 11,...