The Long Goodbye Lesson Plan

Prediction Time

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will bring together multiple narrative threads and attempt to predict the novel's ending.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3

Structure:

The most recent reading assignment adds quite a bit of information to the novel's plot, and it is time for students to break into small groups and attempt to come up with an idea of where the plot is going. During this activity, students should attempt to be as thorough as possible in compiling list of characters and everything we know about them.

From this point, students should prepare a brief (one or two paragraph)...