Read from "[The Old Man, followed by the Old Woman still grumbling...]" through "[A long silence, the Old Man and Old Woman remain rigid on their chairs. Then the doorbell rings.]"
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how complex characters...
