Go Tell it On the Mountain Lesson Plan

I Surprise Myself

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

To better understand John’s perspective in Part One, students will consider when they have surprised themselves in their lives, and what that said about any interior conflict that they were experiencing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

Structure:

Begin by either introducing, or referencing the students’ comments in response to thought question #2. Ask them to think again about the moments when John says something that he did not plan to say, where he seems to be surprised by his own words. Call their attention to the time when John...