2. ● Thank you, Southside!
● Introductions Oh the Places You’ll Go
3. Claiming not to write for children,
he [Dr. Seuss] has always said
he doesn't know if his books are
children's books for adults
or
adults' books for children.
(Source)
7. Author Study: All about Dr. Seuss (5-7 day
lesson plan) (RI.1.5)
● Cat in the Hat ( RL.1.2, RL.1.3)
● Fox in Socks
● Oh, the Places You’ll Go!(W.CCR.3)
● Horton Hears a Who (L.1.2b, L.1.2c, L.1.2d)
8. ● From Seuss to Swift: Exploring the
History of Satire (IRA-NCTE lesson
plan)
● Analyzing Political Cartoons
● The Lorax -- argument
● The Sneeches--Bullying and Racism
9. ● Allegory
● Satire
● Current Event Topics
○ Cold War
● The Butter Battle Book
o Synopsis here at Schmoop
o Video version
10.
11.
12. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of
a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters
are introduced and developed)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5
Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her
exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing,
and engaging.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly
effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or
beauty of the text.
13.
14. ● Yertle, the Turtle
o Hitler
● The Lorax
o environmental concerns
● The Snitches
o Anti-Semitism
● Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Now
o Nixon?
