A Christmas Memory

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This semi-autobiographical text is set in the rural South during the Depression. The text focuses on Buddy’s recollection of the final Christmas season he spent with his cousin when he was seven and she was in her sixties.  (Holt Elements of Literature, 2008)

This lesson was created as part of the Anthology Alignment Project, during which teachers created CCSS-aligned lessons for existing literary and information texts in anthologies. All page numbers and unit/week designations found in this lesson relate to the edition of the anthology named above. If you are using a trade book or different edition of this title, the page/unit/week references in this lesson will not match. Consult the content referenced in the body of the lesson to determine appropriate page numbers for your text.

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