Read “Skin” and “Man from the South.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1
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
“Skin”
In “Skin,” Drioli reflects on the night he convinced his young friend Chaim to tattoo a portrait of Drioli’s wife on Drioli’s back. The tattoo was large, bright, and beautiful. Drioli loves it. Then, in the present day of the story, Chaim has died—but not before he...
