Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 11-15.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1
   Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.3
   Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.

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...