A Thousand Splendid Suns Lesson Plan

Students should read Chapters 24 - 35.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   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.

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...