On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Lesson Plan

Imagery and Art

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will create an artistic response to their favorite passage

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4

Structure:

Vuong uses vivid imagery throughout the novel to transport his readers into the story so effectively it feels as if it were their own. In this activity, students will analyze the imagery Vuong uses to depict life and relationships and create an artistic representation of the lines in the text that stuck out to them the most.

Divide the students into small groups of three or four and have them discuss the two following points:

• Which lines from the novel have stuck out to you the...