My Antonia Lesson Plan

Narrative of Friendship (Day 2)

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be able to consider the changes in the novel in parallel to their own observations about their lives

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.5

Structure:

Discuss with students how Jimmy's relationship with Ántonia has changed since the last time you worked on this project in class. There's now a distance between them, both geographical and emotional, yet they still clearly feel a connection to each other. Ask students to refer back to the friendship that is the subject of this project. Have...