Blindness Lesson Plan

The Blind Leading The Blind

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

In pairs, students will work together to see what life is like without sight.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4

Structure:

All of the characters in Blindness, save for one, are sighted people who suddenly find themselves going blind. And so it is unsurprising that these people must go through a difficult period of adjustment as they learn how to cope with this newfound disability.

Saramago does an excellent job of describing the confusion that arises when a group of newly-blinded individuals must learn their way...