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Obituary of the Unnamed Narrator

Choose a character from the story collection and write his/her obituary.

Draw a picture of the setting in “The Barber”.

Using the descriptions from the text of the barbershop in “The Barber”, illustrate a picture.

Character Outlines

Trace a student on butcher paper and make life size cutouts of the characters. Put quotes on the inside of the outline for internal actions, thoughts and feelings. Put quotations on the outside of the character that represent external forces on the character, like time period, setting, other characters expectations, etc.

Plot Charades

In small groups have students act out major plot points in the stories and then have the other students guess.

Newspaper Article

Write a fictional newspaper article that would have appeared in a paper in South during this time period.

Alternate Ending

Write an alternate ending for one of the stories.

Character Diary

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