The Secret River Lesson Plan

Students should read "Strangers" and "Part One: London."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5
   Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
   Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3
   Write narratives to develop real...