Day 2

The Thing Around Your Neck Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Power of the Voice

    Kind of Activity:

    Performance

    Objective:

    Students will have a firsthand experience of the power of spoken word and the voice by reading passages from Adichie's stories aloud in front of the class.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

    Structure:

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie makes frequent references to the voice, and specifically, the things we convey through tone of voice that go far beyond words. For example, recall the following passage from "On Monday of Last Week": "His tone made Kamara say...

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