The Trial Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter 1: “The Arrest” to the end of Chapter 3: “The First Hearing.”

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

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

Chapter 1: "The Arrest"

Josef K.’s morning is interrupted by a knock at his door: two...