Day 1

The Westing Game Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Chapter 1, "Sunset Towers," through Chapter 6, "The Westing Will."

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
    Cite 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.6.4
    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
    Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

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