Like a House on Fire Lesson Plan

Read "Cross Country", "Waiting", and "Seventy-Two Derwents".

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
   Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.6
   Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

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...