Day 4

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Character Analysis

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will analyze characters from the point of view of another character

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.1

    Structure:

    In this activity, students will be analyzing different characters from the novel. To begin, create a list of all major characters in the novel as a class (Kenny, Byron, Joey, Wilona, Daniel, Rufus, Grandma Sands, and Larry Dunn may be used as needed). Once the master list is created, briefly review adjectives, coming up with a definition as a class. Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. The students will be using adjectives to...

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