In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex Lesson Plan

Read “Chapter Fourteen: Consequences” and “Epilogue: Bones.”

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3

   Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.A

   Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or events.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3

   Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning,...