Read from
The wind blew fierce and strong, and it pelted them with bits of sticks, sand, and little rocks.
to the end of the story.
Common Core Objectives
- 1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. - 2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.3
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class,...