Moby Dick Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 1-13

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.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.RH.9-10.1
   Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.

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.

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