Read “Mabel” and “The North.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.7
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
“Mabel”
In this chapter, the reader finally finds out what happened to Mabel, Cora's mother. Mabel realizes that she wants a better life. When she leaves and enters the swamp just beyond the plantation, she reflects on her life up until that...
