Day 4

The Turn of the Screw Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter XVIII to the end of Chapter XXIV.

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

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 XVIII

The governess does indeed write to her employer, but she delays sending the letter. Miles seems to be going to extra lengths to charm her. When she notices that Flora has disappeared, the governess is convinced...

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