Little Women Lesson Plan

Letters From Your Sister

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will attempt to project themselves into the mind of the novel's characters and write a letter responding to a major event.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3

Structure:

The first step of this assignment is to have each student pick one of the March sisters. Throughout the course of their study of this novel, students will write several journal entries from the point of view of their chosen character, so encourage them to pick wisely. Once a character is chosen, each student will prepare a shareable journal on a website such as LiveJournal or Google Docs.

Students are to...