Like a House on Fire Lesson Plan

Read "Like a House on Fire", "Five-Dollar Family", and "Little Plastic Shipwreck".

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1
   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2
   Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

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...