Day 1

The Year of Magical Thinking Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read Chapters 1-3.

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.W.11-12.1.D
    Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.

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...

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