Jasmine Lesson Plan

Jasmine's Ethical Dilemma

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will engage with the major moral questions of the novel by participating in an ethical debate.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

Is Jasmine ethically wrong to leave Bud and go to California with Taylor? For this activity, the class will debate the ethics behind Mukherjee's bold ending to the novel.

Divide the class into three groups. One group will take the position that Jasmine is ethically wrong to leave...