Anna Karenina Lesson Plan

Anna's Obituary

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Report the event of Anna's death as it might appear in a local newspaper

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.4

Structure:

As a class, look through the obituary section of your local newspaper. Instruct each student to write an obituary for Anna, as it would appear in a Moscow or St. Petersburg newspaper following her death.

Remind students to consider the following points:

• Writers of obituaries generally want to avoid bringing unnecessary pain or suffering to loved ones of the deceased....