Day 1

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read the Prologue through Chapter 8.

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.4
    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6
    Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.D
    Use precise language, domain-specific vocabulary,...

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