Gorilla, My Love Lesson Plan

Messages in Gorilla, My Love

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will analyze the morals in each of the stories.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

Structure:

To begin the activity, explain to students that oftentimes stories have a message or moral. Ask students what they think the difference is between a message and a moral. They might say a moral suggests something is right or wrong whereas a message could just contain a point or idea.

Then, organize students into small groups of three. Instruct them to choose 10 stories from the collection and write down 10 different morals or messages. Before you let...