Kitchen Lesson Plan

Mikage's Kitchens

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

The students will create a storyboard of the various kitchens in Mikage's life

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1.B

Structure:

For this activity, students will create a storyboard of the three kitchens described by Mikage in the novella: The Tanabes, her grandmother's, and the one at her job.

Kitchen Descriptions (15 minutes)

To begin, divide the students into pairs. Each pair should look through the novel and take notes on how the three kitchens are described in the novella. For example, Mikage describes the green and yellow tiled floor of her grandmother's kitchen, and she...