One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lesson Plan

Read the first half of Part 1 of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Read up to the scene where McMurphy makes the bet, ending with "You won't be going any place for a while."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9

6. 6

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1

7. 7

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5

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.

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