Day 3

Ursula Le Guin: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Travel Pamphlet

    Kind of Activity:

    Creative Writing

    Objective:

    Students will identify and analyze the important characteristics of the settings of the stories.

    Common Core Standards:

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

    Structure:

    To begin the activity, ask students to close their eyes and imagine they have decided to go on a wonderful vacation to a different planet or dimension. The travel agency has given them a series of brochures to look over. Then ask students, what information do you need to know about a place, especially a new planet, before you travel there? You might even show students some examples of travel brochures over a projector.

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