Kanthapura Lesson Plan

Writing in the Style of Raja Rao

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will emulate the style of writing Raja Rao uses in Kanthapura.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12.6

Structure:

Before beginning the activity, discuss some of the elements of Raja Rao's writing in Kanthapura that make it unique. These might include:

- long, run-on sentences

- mixing folklore and fact

- using lots of names even though readers may not know who they are

- poetic language that utilizes writing techniques like alliteration, rhyme, simile, vivid sensory details,...