Gone Girl Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter 35: “Nick Dunne: Eight Days Gone” to the end of Chapter 45: “Nick Dunne: Ten Days Gone.”

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2

6. 6

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.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

Chapter 35: “Nick Dunne: Eight Days Gone”

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