Wide Sargasso Sea Lesson Plan

Students should read Part 1, Section 1 and Part 1, Section 2.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

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

Part 1, Section 1

This section sets the scene for the novel's first part, which concerns the childhood of Antoinette Cosway. Antoinette (whose name we don't learn until later in the book) lives with her mother, her sickly brother, and a few loyal...