Read Part I, "A Woman on the Street," and the beginning of Part II, "The Desert," up until the chapter in which the Wallses leave Battle Mountain (ending "In the pitch-black night, there was nothing to look at but the road ahead, lit by the car's headlights.").
Common Core Objectives
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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
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.7
Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or...
