Mansfield Park Lesson Plan

Pen Pals

Kind of Activity:

Collaborative Writing

Objective:

Students will practice letter writing in the style of the Regency Era.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2

Structure:

As students will come to find, letter writing is an important aspect of the life of Mansfield Park. It is how the decision is made to bring Fanny to Mansfield Park and will be how many other important pieces of information are relayed throughout the novel.

Letter writing was the main mode for maintaining acquaintances in the Regency Era, and there was a specific method for writing and sending letters. Using these two blog posts from Her Reputation...