The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Lesson Plan

Character Analysis

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will analyze a character in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and discuss the character in a group.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.3

Structure:

As a class, identify the primary characters in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Briefly describe the characters, citing text to support the description. You might say Zaphod Beeblebrox is selfish, based on him wishing the ship hadn't picked up hitchhikers who would've died otherwise. Separate students into groups and assign each group a character. Within their groups, students will analyze what we...