Slaughterhouse Five Lesson Plan

The Genres of Slaughterhouse Five

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will make creative, accurate, and clear infographics explaining how the novel encompasses different genres of literature.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1

Structure:

Slaughterhouse Five is a genre-bending novel. It contains elements of science fiction, historical fiction, autobiography, and anti-novel.

Begin this activity by providing basic information about each of these genres through short, easily digestible videos: sci-fi, historical fiction, autobiography, and anti-novel. Students should take notes on the...