An Artist of the Floating World Lesson Plan

Photo Writing

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will understand how memory changes and embellishes things over time

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.2

Structure:

There are frequent suggestions throughout the novel that Ono may be misremembering events. He often says someone said something before immediately doubting it and attributing the quote to another character. By the ending of the novel, Ono's entire credibility is called into question. For this activity, we will be experimenting with photography and memory to better understand An Artist of the Floating World and how narratives easily change and...