Oryx and Crake Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of the Part 4 chapter "Crake" to the end of Part 6.

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.RL.9-10.4
   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5
   Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to...