Read from the beginning through “It was Bartleby.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
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
The beginning through “It was Bartleby.”
In the first half of “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street,” the unnamed narrator teases the reader by announcing that he has quite the story. He then proceeds to take his time...