Rashomon Lesson Plan

Students will read the story "The Dragon."

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.8.1

   Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3

   Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

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...