Read “It was perhaps ten o’clock that night” to “The rich eyelashes again made him think that her eyes were half open” (pages 33-65).
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5
- 2
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
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 exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Pages 36-70
The text moves between Shimamura’s second and third visits. In Shimamura’s second visit, Komako recounts how it has been 190 days since she last saw him. She...