"The Shroud" and Other Short Stories Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read "Introduction to the World of Premchand" and the short story "The Road to Salvation", in The Oxford India Premchand.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1

   Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.2

   Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5

   Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined...