The Westing Game Lesson Plan

Read Chapter 1, "Sunset Towers," through Chapter 6, "The Westing Will."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
   Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4
   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
   Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class,...