Day 4

Fences Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Mind Map

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will produce Mind Maps that aggregate information having to do with key themes in the work.

    Structure:

    Provide students with unlined paper of some kind (e.g., printer paper, some form of construction paper) as well as colored pencils or markers or just pencils. Using the definitions offered in the "Introduction of the Novel" section of this Lesson Plan, ask students to briefly discuss the major themes of the work:

    Black American Experience
    The American Dream
    Love and Responsibility

    Afterward, using a SmartBoard or other projecting tool, watch this tutorial on Mind Maps. Then, break the students up into groups...

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