The Chosen Lesson Plan

Chapters 1-2

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

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

Chapters 1-2

In these opening chapters, Reuven plays in a baseball game against a team that includes Danny Saunders. The game takes place because the Jewish community in New York City wants to prove their boys are physically fit, in the context of World War II and...