The Handmaid's Tale Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter 30 to the end of Chapter 39 (from XI, "Night," to the end of XII, "Jezebel's").

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3

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 classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Chapter 30

After learning that the previous woman to have an “arrangement” with the Commander committed suicide,...