The Devil's Arithmetic Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 4-8.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1

   Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2

   Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3

   Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.9

   Analyze how a modern work of fiction...