The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Lesson Plan

Read Chapters 13-20.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.7

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

Chapters 13-20

Bruno sees Shmuel almost every day, and they are growing closer as friends. Lieutenant Kotler joins the family for dinner and reluctantly reveals that his father moved away from Germany when the Nazi Party rose to power.

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