The Dark Child (The African Child) Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 8-9.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

   Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

   Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a...