The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 5-8, or up to:

My conduct might be blameable, but I leave it, without attempting further to excuse it; my present purpose being to relate facts, and not to make apologies for them.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1
   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3
   Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class,...