Bartleby the Scrivener Lesson Plan

Read from “I was thunderstruck” to the end.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.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

“I was thunderstruck” to the end

After Bartleby refuses to leave the office, the narrator’s level of distress increases dramatically. He agonizes over what to do. He decides...