Drown Lesson Plan

"Ysrael" and "Fiesta, 1980"

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

   Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

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