The Way of the World Lesson Plan

The GIST of It

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will prepare an objective summary of today's reading.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

Structure:

Reading old plays can be a daunting task for students who aren't familiar with the play's style of writing: the “old" language means that students must often essentially analyze poetry in an antiquated form of language. As such, it may be difficult for some students to understand the basic structure of the plot.

For this activity, each student will fill out a separate GIST Template (linked below). This worksheet will provide them with a simple summary of the...