The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 6 to 10.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.9

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

Chapter Six

Tom decides to fake an illness so he can stay home from school. Tom has a tooth ache, but he remembers hearing about a mystery illness. Even though he has no idea what the illness is, he decides to fake it, and starts moaning and groaning, waking Sid. When Aunt Polly...