I Am Not your Perfect Mexican Daughter Lesson Plan

Who Is Julia?

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will analyze Julia as a character and make a meaningful collage based on the traits they attribute to her.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5

Structure:

Look at Julia’s thoughts/actions in the first section of the reading.

Make a list of her characteristics and cite where you get the impression from. For example:

Julia is:

- religious, possibly atheist - Julia says, "There is no heaven. There is only earth, sky, and the transfer of energy.”

- tough - she hasn’t cried over her sister’s death, she says she would have cut José...