The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Lesson Plan

Immersive journal

Kind of Activity:

writing

Objective:

reflection; understanding

Structure:

For this exercise, students will keep journals of their thoughts and reactions to the chapter set. Unlike traditional journals, however, these journals are to be written from the perspective of one or more of the novel's characters.

Students will inform the teacher ahead of time of their choice of role for the journal. Tell students that the general goal is to assume the "voice" of the character, rather than using their own voice. Students should be familiar enough with the characters in the novel by this point, so that this integration of character voice can be...