Murder on the Orient Express Lesson Plan

Representing Character

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will read analytically to choose an image or develop a visual metaphor to represent different characters as Poirot perceives them; students will caption their illustrations to indicate the image’s significance.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.6

Structure:

Students review the reading for this day to select a character from the novel to focus on and then represent with a visual image and accompanying explanatory caption.

First, they scan the text for references to...