In the Time of the Butterflies Lesson Plan

Understanding the Mirabal sisters

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be able to: BR[]*Conduct brief research about each of the Mirabal sisters, BR[]*Discuss how the real-life sisters might be different than Alvarez's portrayals of them, and BR[]*Present their findings to the class.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2

Structure:

For the fourth day of the activity, simply check for student understanding of the activity and what their groups still need to research for their assigned sister to have a complete picture of the sister's life, legacy, and literary...