Gorilla, My Love Lesson Plan

Read “Basement” through “The Johnson Girls”.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

4. 4

   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

Basement

In “Basement,” the unnamed narrator talks about how Patsy’s mother (whom she calls Patsy Mother) told her to stay out of the basement, and when Patsy Mother tells you to do something, you do...