The Good Earth Lesson Plan

Read chapters 9-15.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
   Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5
   Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6
   Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide...