Teacher Guide

The Rattrap Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Students will read carefully and attentively, making informed inferences about the text grounded in evidence and analysis.

  2. 2

    Students will produce creative narratives that offer moral lessons.

  3. 3

    Students will use textual evidence to support various arguments and lines of thinking.

  4. 4

    Students will engage in discussion with peers, in which they clearly articulate impressions, claims, and information learned from research.

  5. 5

    Students will be able to connect the author's biography to the major themes of the text.

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