Read "A Temporary Matter" and "When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine."
Common Core Objectives
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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
A Temporary Matter
Shukumar and Shoba, husband and wife, are notified that their electricity will be turned off at 8 PM for five consecutive evenings to fix a power line. The outages begin that evening. Six months earlier, Shoba went into labor prematurely when Shukumar was attending a conference out of...
