"The Shroud" and Other Short Stories Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read the short stories "A Lesson in the Holy Life" and "The Thakur's Well", in The Oxford India Premchand.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2

   Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4

   Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1

   Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in...