Day 5

The Bell Jar Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read chapters 16 - 20 of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
    Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3
    Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

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 16

Joan tells Esther that...

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