In Cold Blood Lesson Plan

No Stupid Questions, Part 2

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

To understand the impossibility of objectivity in this context.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3

Structure:

Working in the same groups from the previous day, students should read the narrative written by the "journalist" from their group. Each student should take notes on the narrative, remembering what they said and looking for their agreements and disagreements with the journalist.

Discuss their responses to the narrative. Do they feel the journalist captured what they said? Where did the journalist go wrong? Given their responses, how do...