Tender is the Night Lesson Plan

Character Mapping

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to better understand complex character relationships throughout the story.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

In groups of 3, students will make a comprehensive list of every character they met throughout the course of the novel. Students should fold a piece of paper in half and write character names on one side with a short 1-2 sentence description of who they are on the other side. After creating this list, students will come back together and the class will share their lists to make sure they haven't forgotten any characters. As characters are shared with...