The Sound Machine Lesson Plan

Students should read the entire text of the story, "The Sound Machine."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

6. 6

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6

7. 7

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

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

"The Sound Machine"

An eccentric man named Klausner builds a...