Silence Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read Chapters 3–4.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11–12.1

   Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11–12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11–12.2

   Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11–12.5

   Analyze and evaluate the...