Who is to blame for Bernie Madoff's crime? Class members look for evidence Diana B. Henriques uses in The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust to support her claims that we share the responsibility with Madoff.

Concepts

main ideas, evaluating claims, supporting evidence, textual evidence, informational texts

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask a class member to prepare the masterful reading of the paragraphs under study

Classroom Considerations

• The lesson uses Diana B. Henriques's The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust as the anchor text
• The 11th in a 13-lesson unit that asks learners to investigate how authors structure their stories and use evidence to support their claims

Pros

• The eight-page packet includes a list of the Common Core standards addressed by the lesson, a vocabulary list, discussion questions with model responses, a concluding quick write, and a homework assignment

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.5 W.9-10.9.b SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.1.c L.9-10.4.a