The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Lesson Plan

Read the Prologue through Chapter 8.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.4
   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6
   Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D
   Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary,...