How to Read Literature Like a Professor Lesson Plan

One Story Mind Maps

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will create concept maps that illustrate relationships between three texts to demonstrate that they are versions of the one story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.CCRA.R.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA.LITERACY.CCRA.R.11-12.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.11-12.4; LITERACY.CCRA.W.11-12.6; CCSS.ELA-LITERACTY.CCRA.W.11-12.7

Structure:

Divide the class into small groups. Each group randomly draws three to five (depending on time available) novels/poems/short stories/video games/films/TV shows that the students are familiar with. Each team brainstorms how these texts connect...