Haroun and the Sea of Stories Lesson Plan

Mudras: Speaking with the Hands

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

To learn more about the concept of mudras and silent communication

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

Structure:

As a class, read this article on Indian mudras and go through the different mudras it talks about one at a time, instructing the students to try each hand gesture for themselves.

Afterwards, students should write one page answering the following questions:

- Do any of the mudras look like their meanings? If so, why?

- How did you feel when you were doing the mudras? Did you feel like your hands represented the meaning you were trying to...