Day 1

The Overstory Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read "Roots": Prologue through Adam Appich

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1
    Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2
    Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.2
    Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex...

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