Invisible Man Lesson Plan

Influence of Ellison

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to understand the influence of this seminal novel by discussing its influence on other texts

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.2

Structure:

Split students into groups according to the text they watched or read the previous night. They should discuss the following questions:

• Where do you see Ellison's influence in this work?
• What made this work effective? What could have made it more effective?
• How are the themes of this work similar to and different from the themes in Invisible Man?...