Flowers for Algernon Lesson Plan

Students should read from page 188 ("June 21st") to page 254 ("August 26").

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2

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 188 ("June 21st") to page 254 ("August 26").

Charlie fights to embrace and control his sexual impulses, but he suffers from tremendous guilt. Through Fay, he discovers...