The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 6 through 10.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
   Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3
   Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.

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...