Waiting for the Barbarians Lesson Plan

Chapter 3

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2

   Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3

   Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

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.

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