The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Lesson Plan

Table of Contents

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to analyze how the stories in the collection fit together and make a case for a better order.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Structure:

In this activity, students will create a new Table of Contents for The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. You might begin this activity with a short discussion about how collections of short stories are put together. How do you think the order is decided? Why might Sherman Alexie have put all of these stories in a collection rather than having them published separately? Make sure students...