Watership Down Lesson Plan

Students should read from the beginning of Chapter 32: "Across the Iron Road" to the end of Chapter 39: "The Bridges."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

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

Chapter 32: "Across the Iron Road"

Bigwig goes off in the direction of the fox, presumably to try to lead it away from the rest of the rabbits. They...