Day 2

The Emperor Jones Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Scenes 2-4.

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.9-10.3
    Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

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...

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