The Book Thief Lesson Plan

Students read the Prologue and Part One.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
   Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4
   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6
   Analyze a particular...