Roots Lesson Plan

Chapters 34-58 (pp. 127-248)

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
   Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4
   Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

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...