Lesson Plan

Grade 9 ELA Module 2, Unit 3, Lesson 12

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As the first in a two-part, end-of-unit assessment that encourages readers to synthesize the unit's main ideas, class members review their notes for each of the three texts they read and develop three open-ended discussion questions based on what they see as the similarities and differences in the readings. For homework, individuals then draft preliminary responses to these questions.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Prepare class members for the end-of-unit activity by modeling the process of identifying an idea common to all three texts
Classroom Considerations
  • Three texts anchor the unit: “True Crime: The Roots of an American Obsession," “How Bernard Madoff Did It,” and excerpts from Diana B. Henriques's The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust 
  • The first in a two-part end-of-unit-assessment
Pros
  • The 11-page packet includes the plan, a list of the Common Core standards addressed, and the homework assignment
Cons
  • None