Nights at the Circus Lesson Plan

Students should read from chapter 7 through chapter 11, concluding the "Petersburg" section of the novel.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS .ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

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

Petersburg: Chapter 7

We observe the comings and goings of the circus folk: Colonel Kearney, shrewd huckster and entrepreneur; the apes...