The Trial Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter 9: "The Cathedral" to the end of Chapter 10: "The End."

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.9-10.4

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.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

9: In the Cathedral

K. is tasked by the bank with guiding an Italian businessman around the city. K. frantically studies Italian in order to...