Read “The Hammer Man” through “Happy Birthday.”
Common Core Objectives
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.7
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6
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
The Hammer Man
In “The Hammer Man,” the narrator taunts Manny, who walks around with a hammer, and says negative things about his mother. Manny is upset and sits outside the narrators home threatening to kill her. The narrator...
