One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Lesson Plan

One Day in Your Life

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will write their own story of one day in their lives

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.B, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1

Structure:

One Day in the Life focuses on the details and trials in a character's day.

To understand the value of these stories, students will chronicle a day in their own lives.

Ask students to individually think about three key events that happened in the past 24 hours.

Give students 20-30 minutes to write about one of those events.

In closing, ask two or three students to share their entries. Ask...