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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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Theme:

Listening for a Purpose and Identifying Main Ideas

Grades:

9 - 12

Subject:

Reading and Language Arts

Duration:

Several class periods

Standards
& Goals:

Florida State Learning Standards
  • The student will listen to, read and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text.
  • The student will analyze the author’s purpose and/or perspective in a variety of text and understand how they affect meaning.
  • The student will organize information to show understanding or relationships among facts, ideas and events (e.g.: representing key points within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing, comparing, contrasting, outlining).
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.

Objectives:

Students will:
  • Read or listen to pages 28-39 in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
  • Identify various controversial topics identified in one particular letter written by Charlie.
  • Research different statistics and proactive support groups for the specific topic chosen.
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