The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories Lesson Plan

Read the next three stories: "The Man and The Snake," "The Secret of Macarger's Gulch," and "The Middle Toe on the Right Foot."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.6

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

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

The Man and The Snake

I.

Harker Brayton is reading a story about someone who was drawn...