Your Place: Insider/Outside
How does our relationship with our community change our perspective?
During this lesson students will use an excerpt from Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place as a model for writing about their community from the perspective of an insider to an outsider of the community.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to use a mentor text to guide a writing piece.
Students will be able to write about their community from multiple perspectives (ie- a personal “insider” perspective and an “outsider” perspective).
Materials
- Writing utensils (pencil/pen)
- Paper
- ‘A Small Place’ excerpt
- Student and teacher examples
Preview Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Mentor Text: A Small Place
10 minutes
- Begin by reflecting on the following questions:
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- What happens when people outside your community stop by?
- What do people think they know from the media that isn’t true or only part of the picture?
- How is this different from what you know about this place?
