Burnt Shadows Lesson Plan

I Want...

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will use their demonstrate their ability to use repetition and sensory details in their own writing while creatively imitating a passage from the text to make it their own.

Structure:

Present the following passage from the text to students:

"Do you see those flowers on that hillside, Ilse? I want to know their names in Japanese. I want to hear Japanese. I want tea that tastes the way tea should taste in my understanding of tea. I want to look like the people around me. I want people to disapprove when I break the rules and not simply to think that I don’t know better. I want doors to slide open...