The Things They Carried Lesson Plan

Story Truth

Kind of Activity:

Classwide Discussion

Objective:

Students will be able to analyze the reliability of the narrator in the book's many stories

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.1

Structure:

What is Story Truth? Revise or customize the following prompts to facilitate productive writing and debate as you read the book.

• Have students make a list of the qualities that make up a "true war story."

• Ask students to discuss any contradictions, and ask them to write a final reflection explaining what the narrator’s intentions are for instructing us about these qualities. Include in this reflection ideas about the narrator’s reliability. Are "true"...