The Tortilla Curtain Lesson Plan

Part One: Chapter 8 & Part Two: Chapters 1-2

Common Core Objectives

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   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2--Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3--Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4--Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3--Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective...