Day 1

Enrique's Journey Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Story Shapes

    Kind of Activity:

    Individual Writing

    Objective:

    Students will reflect on the "shape of stories" and be able to express their opinions citing textual evidence.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.2

    Structure:

    For this activity, we will use the following website:

    http://www.openculture.com/2014/02/kurt-vonnegut-masters-thesis-rejected-by-u-chicago.html

    Depending on classroom technology, we have options on how to use the article. The students should watch the YouTube video of Vonnegut explaining his thesis. The teacher can then project the diagrams from the article demonstrating Vonnegut's thesis and have...

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