The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Lesson Plan

Read Chapter 9 through Chapter 18.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.3
   Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.

2. 2

   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).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D
   Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary, and techniques such as metaphor, simile, and...