Lost in Yonkers Lesson Plan

Letters to Yourself (And Others) - Part 5

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will write journal entries from the points of view of the play's various characters.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

Structure:

Students will continue their journaling project. As always, students may either continue writing responses from a single character's point of view, or they may pick a new character for today's reading.

Now that we have finished reading the play, students should write a final journal entry that reflects on the entire development arc undergone by their chosen character. Each character in the novel has undergone some amount of...