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Sonny's Blues Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read from the section beginning "One Saturday afternoon…" to the end of the story.

Common Core Objectives

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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

"Sonny's Blues," second half

The narrator is meandering the house on a Saturday afternoon after Sonny has returned from upstate. Sonny, Isabel, and the children aren't home. He considers searching Sonny's room for drugs, but doesn't. Across the street, he sees a religious...

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