Things Fall Apart Lesson Plan

"The Second Coming": Audiovisual Response

Kind of Activity:

Mixed Media

Objective:

Students will be able to create an original audiovisual project combining the poem with imagery related to the novel

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.5

Structure:

In part two of this long-term project, students will create an original audiovisual project that combines the text of Yeats's "The Second Coming" with visual images inspired by scenes and themes from Things Fall Apart. 

Using a digital recorder or the microphone on a computer or tablet, have students record themselves reading "The Second...