The Seagull Lesson Plan

Seagull Social Media

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

Students will be able to connect the characters' voices to contemporary habits

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.6

Structure:

Ask the students to list characters we have met thus far in The Seagull. Ask them to write a brief description for one of these characters (they can choose which one), the type that might appear in an online profile. Compare the profiles, particularly those written for the same character—what do the profiles have in common? How are they different?

Explain that the students will be setting up social media accounts for these characters, adding new accounts as other...