The Handmaid's Tale Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter 24 to the end of Chapter 29 (from IX, "Night," to the end of X, "Soul Scrolls").

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

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 24

Offred tries to plan the best way to use the Commander's new interest in her to her advantage. She remembers a woman she once saw...