Day 2

Rabindranath Tagore: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Villain or Human?

    Kind of Activity:

    Creative Writing

    Objective:

    By putting themselves in the shoes of the villain, students will consider the question: is man good or evil?

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.3

    Structure:

    Start with a brief classroom discussion. Ask students to think of characters who have acted cruelly in today's reading and list them on the board (examples include but are not limited to: Mokshada, Phatik's aunt, the ghost in Skeleton, and Yajnanath).

    Students will write a letter from the point of view of one of these characters. The letter will defend the character or explain why they did the things they...

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