Read Effia & Esi.
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.4
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.9
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
Effia
The day Effia Otcher is born, there is a fire. Her father, Cobbe, loses seven yams in the fire.
His first wife, Baaba, has no milk and Effia must be nursed by Cobbe’s second wife. But Effia is rough when she latches, and so...
