Flowers for Algernon Lesson Plan

Students should read from page 126 ("June 8th") to page 188 ("June 21st").

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

From page 126 ("June 8th") to page 188 ("June 21st").

Charlie spirals into existential angst. He converses with a woman in a park late at night, and almost goes home with her, but when...