The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities Treasure Island and Twain's Jackson Island

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Compare two literary works; understand how the same thematic material is used in each text; write an essay synthesizing that knowledge and their reading.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1

Structure:

1). Provide a quick summary of Treasure Island. Here is a good summary. You can have students follow on their own computer.

2) Either read together as a class, or have students read individually to themselves, selected chapters from Treasure Island. Make sure to point out illustrations to class...