Rabindranath Tagore: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Reading assignment: Wealth Surrendered, Skeleton, A Single Night, Fool’s Gold, Holiday, Kabuliwallah, and The Editor. (Pages 76-124)

Common Core Objectives

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   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text.

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   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.

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   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3 Write...