Read “The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3
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
Rules of the Game
In this chapter, Waverly describes how her brother received a chess set at a Christmas church event. Waverly studied chess and begins playing at home and in a nearby ally, where she meets her mentor Lau Po. Waverly...
