White Teeth Lesson Plan

An Iqbal Family Argument

Kind of Activity:

Role Play

Objective:

Student will be able to marshal textual evidence and make inferences based on the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.6

Structure:

In this activity, students will take up the roles of Samad and Alsana as they argue about whether it is appropriate to send one of their sons abroad. Samad reasons that it would be best to send one of their sons abroad to avoid the possibility of him becoming too corrupted by English culture. Alsana vehemently disagrees and is ultimately hurt when Samad decides to take this course of action...