Day 1

The Dream House Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Cracked Mirrors

    Kind of Activity:

    Artistic Response

    Objective:

    Students will create art to compare a character’s self-perception with another character’s perception of him or her.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6

    Structure:

    First, ask students to choose a character to focus on from their reading to date. Next, ask them to review the text for evidence of what a character thinks and feels from that character’s perspective. Then, do the same from another character’s perspective: what does this character think the first is thinking and feeling? Students next choose a physical art form to represent...

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