Into Thin Air Lesson Plan

Notes From The Exact Opposite of the Underground

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will imagine themselves to be in the same situation as the characters encountered in the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B

Structure:

Now that students have completed Into Thin Air, they should have a much stronger idea of what is required to ascend the world's highest peak. It's likely they have imagined themselves in these climbers' shoes, and this activity is their opportunity to express those thoughts. Each student will prepare a work of 1-2 pages describing how they might feel on a final ascent to the summit of Everest. Students don't...