Day 4

Go Set a Watchman Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Allusions

    Kind of Activity:

    Research

    Objective:

    Students will understand some of the literary allusions and historical references made throughout the text.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

    Structure:

    As a class, brainstorm a list of allusions and references from the text so far (this may include William Wordsworth, The Picture of Dorian Grey, the Reconstruction period, the Tuskeegee Institute, the NAACP, and many more). Ask students what they know, if anything, about each reference that comes up. Once you have a substantial list and a sense of which terms and ideas are least familiar for the class, have students break into groups and conduct research to...

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