When I Was Puerto Rican Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 6-8.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

   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 of the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

   Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

   Analyze how an author’s choices...