The House of Bernarda Alba Lesson Plan

Dear Diary Part 2

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

For students to creatively engage with a character and analyze how they might develop int he play

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

Have students return to their assigned diary character. As a group, review what has happened to each character over the course of Act II as a refresher.

Ask each student to spend 20 minutes writing another diary entry for their character, as though the character is writing after the events of Act II. Students can write the entries using pen and paper or tablets or...