Day 3

Sula Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    To Mother, with Love

    Kind of Activity:

    Individual Writing

    Objective:

    Students will be able to explore various mother-daughter relationships in the novel, as well as practice creative writing skills

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1

    Structure:

    Each mother-daughter relationship in Sula is unique, with its own sources of love and tension. Ask students to write a letter from any daughter in the novel to her mother; they may choose to write to Rochelle from Helene’s point of view, to Helene from Nel, to Hannah from Sula, or to Eva from Hannah. Tell students to use their imaginations in order to delve deeply into the psyches of the...

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