In a Grove Lesson Plan

Please read the entire text of "In a Grove" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

4. 4

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3

5. 5

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4

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

Part 1: ‘The Testimony of a Woodcutter Questioned by a High Police Commissioner’

In the first interview transcript between a witness and the High...