Imagined Life Lesson: Elements of Story

Imagined Life is an incredibly engaging podcast and perfect for use in the English classroom. Named Best New Podcast of 2018 as well as Best Podcast on the Human Condition, Imagined Life will thrust your students into a unique story of obstacles and growth while using narrative elements that model the power of a well-told story. Each episode details a famous person's life, but the listener does not know who the famous person is until the end of the episode. There are fun "clues" along the way as to who the person is.

This lesson plan guides students in listening to clues centered on characterization to help them determine the subject of the episode. It can be used with any episode, but I recommend specific episodes which are classroom appropriate as well as people whom your students will likely know. This lesson can be used multiple times with different episodes, would make for an easy sub plan, and can be used for distance or online learning.