Middlemarch Lesson Plan

Read Book VII.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6
   Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7
   Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly...