Read “An African Story” and “Beware of the Dog.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4
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
“An African Story”
In “An African Story,” a soldier in the Royal Air Force has to do an emergency landing in a rural part of East Africa. While he waits for someone to rescue him, he stays with an old man, who is the only person...