Murder on the Orient Express Lesson Plan

Re-visions

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students develop and write, animate, or storyboard a revision of a scene to illuminate one of the novel’s themes.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.5

Structure:

Review with students some of the novel’s themes, including those listed earlier (the destructive power of national/social/class stereotypes, the power of thinking [including logic and argument skills], deception, and what constitutes justice [or whether revenge is just]).

Then give students time to...