The Thing Around Your Neck Lesson Plan

The Rhythms of Silence

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will analyze Adichie's style and create artistic presentations that engage with the abstract elements in the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.5

Structure:

In "Tomorrow Is Too Far", the narrator spends eighteen years in silence about her role in her brother Nonso's death. She becomes aware of how heavy her silence has become when Dozie calls her with the news of her grandmother's death. This activity will examine Adichie's exploration of this silence through literary elements and ask...