Language Arts/Short Story lesson help...

Anyone who can give me some ideas, because I am drawing a blank on something somewhat creative... it would be greatly appreciated.

The students will be reading a short story, "The Moustache" by Robert Cormier. It deals with the theme of aging, guilty feelings within a relationship between grandson and grandmother, nursing homes-

I have comprehension questions and I am also going to have excerpts taken from the selection and will have students in groups interpret the meaning and present their findings and their views to the class informally...

HOWEVER, I would like to do something with discussion questions... related to the theme, the story, and the author's work in general...

How can I make this discussion question activity more exciting. I don't want simple answer and lets talk about it- I want to do something more creative, but can't think of anything. I have the questions already so if you need them to help me out I can post them..

ANY help would be so great!

PS- this is grade 7 language arts

Message edited 5/19/2007 6:02:28 PM.

Re: Language Arts/Short Story lesson help...

Bumpity bump... any ideas are welcomed!

Re: Language Arts/Short Story lesson help...

I think it might be hard for them to relate to this situation. Maybe a way they could relate more to it is to get right into it. They could do a role play to put themselves into the position of both the grandchild and grandparent and discuss their feelings in front of the class in groups. Kids love role play! Good luck!

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