Day 3

The Overstory Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read "Trunks" up to page 235 ("The best amateur actress he has ever known.")

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.2
    Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1
    Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

  3. 3

    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...

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