Night Sky with Exit Wounds Lesson Plan

Read "Always & Forever," "My Father Writes from Prison," "Headfirst," "In Newport I Watch My Father Lay His Cheek to a Beached Dolphin's Wet Back," "The Gift," and "Self-Portrait as Exit Wounds."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6
   Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.4
   Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.5
   Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising,...