The Glass Castle Lesson Plan

Read Part IV, "New York City," and Part V, "Thanksgiving."

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.9-10.7
   Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6
   Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish,...