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Day 1

The Book Thief Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Students read the Prologue and Part One.

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.9-10.4
    Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.6
    Analyze a particular...

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