"The Shroud" and Other Short Stories Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read Premchand's speech "The Aim of Literature", 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 theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail 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.W.9-10.2

   Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information...