Back to School Common Core RL.8.1 homework

First Day of School "Charles" by Shirley Jackson Lesson Plan & Activity for ELA

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Get Ready for the School Year Ahead! Begin the school year by exploring Shirley Jackson's "Charles" to help students fall in love with reading. Discuss what makes a good story, read "Charles" as a class and watch your students gasp at the twist, and then use this story to discuss what makes a story good. Help students see that an author is a real person who makes real choices about their craft, and uses literary devices to make their story effective and engaging. Lesson plan also includes writin

Subjects:

Back to School, Classroom Community, English Language Arts

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Homework, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.2

, RL.7.1

, RL.7.2

, RL.8.1