Read The Law of Life, by Jack London.
Common Core Objectives
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Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
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Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary...