The Dream House Lesson Plan

Students read Part One of The Dream House by Craig Higginson (pp 3 - 39).

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1

   Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3

   Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6

   Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class,...