So Long a Letter Lesson Plan

A Letter from... Part 2

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will write a letter from Modou to Ramatoulaye.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3

Structure:

This is the second day of a unit-long activity.

The only voice we really hear in So Long a Letter is Ramatoulaye's. Though we sometimes get pieces of dialogue, they are all filtered through her perspective and retelling. In this activity, students will give voice to other characters, by writing letters addressed to Ramatoulaye.

In today's reading, we learned the details of how Modou met Binetou and how his marriage was revealed to Ramatoulaye. We see her pain and shock up-close. For...