Peace Like a River Lesson Plan

Trusting Reuben

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

To begin to consider Reuben’s character and his possible shortcomings as a truthful storyteller, as well as to learn about the concept of unreliable narrators

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5

Structure:

Play the video “Unreliable Narrators” from the PBS Great American Read’s “It’s Lit” series (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=735209786813402). Ask students to split into pairs or groups of three to discuss whether or not they think Reuben is a reliable narrator. Do they think the miracles he describes are real? Do they believe what he describes as occurring at church?

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