Howards End Lesson Plan

"Only Connect"

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will visually represent the many connections in the novel, relating back to the novel's epigraph.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

After reading this section, with its major revelation about Henry Wilcox and Jacky Bast, students should revisit the epigraph at the beginning of the novel: "Only connect." In this project, they will consider the many ways the epigraph relates to the novel's characters and events.

Using a large piece of poster-board, students should create a "connection web" of characters and events. At a basic...