Six Characters in Search of an Author Lesson Plan

Students should Act II of the play.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

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.

Content Summary for Teachers

Act II

The Step-Daughter returns from the Manager’s office with the Child and the Boy in tow. She speaks compassionately to the Child, who is unresponsive. The Step-Daughter discovers that the Boy is hiding a...