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Letters of truth
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
To continue to explore the theme of silence vs. speech
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
Structure:
Students will read “His name was Dwight” by Andre Aciman (https://www.them.us/story/his-name-was-dwight). Students will then write a letter confessing a secret or truth to someone they have feared to confess such a thing to. The letter will remain private, unless the student should choose to make it public. To ensure that students do not feel anxious or persecuted by this activity, also give them the option to instead perform this activity as a creative writing...
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