"The Landlady" and Other Short Stories Lesson Plan

Identifying Important Passages

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to identify important passages from the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

Structure:

Start the activity with a discussion. Ask students: How do you know if a passage is important? Instruct them to talk about it in pairs first. Then, they can share with the whole class. Some students may say that they identify important passages based on what they know of literary devices, like allusions, figurative language, and suspense. Students may not have language for this yet, and may instead suggest that they rely on a particular feeling to know whether a...