Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Lesson Plan

Read "Why I'm Not Where You Are 9/11/03" through "Beautiful and True."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3
   Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7
   Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic...