Walden Lesson Plan

Read "The Ponds," "Baker Farm," "Higher Laws," "Brute Neighbors," "House-Warming" (Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12).

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2
   Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.8
   Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9
   Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

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