units of study
Unit 1: Meaningful Memoir
In this unit readers will determine themes within literary texts and analyze their development and their relationship to characters, settings, and plot lines. Writers will craft narratives to develop real and meaningful experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
In this unit readers will determine themes within literary texts and analyze their development and their relationship to characters, settings, and plot lines. Writers will craft narratives to develop real and meaningful experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Unit 2: Conspiracy Theories: Fact or Fiction?
In this unit readers will determine the central ideas within literary nonfiction texts. They will analyze how authors utilize structure to develop and refine a key concept. Writers will generate questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration, and conduct research, gathering information from multiple print and digital sources, in order to write informative/ explanatory texts. Writers will examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information.
In this unit readers will determine the central ideas within literary nonfiction texts. They will analyze how authors utilize structure to develop and refine a key concept. Writers will generate questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration, and conduct research, gathering information from multiple print and digital sources, in order to write informative/ explanatory texts. Writers will examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information.
Unit 3: Argumentative Writing and Debate
In this unit readers will delineate and evaluate the arguments, claims, evidence and reasoning in literary nonfiction. They will also determine authors’ points of view or purposes, analyzing a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic. Writers will draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. They will write and present arguments with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
In this unit readers will delineate and evaluate the arguments, claims, evidence and reasoning in literary nonfiction. They will also determine authors’ points of view or purposes, analyzing a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic. Writers will draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. They will write and present arguments with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Unit 4: Greek Mythology
In this unit readers will analyze literary texts for the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including figurative and connotative meanings, analogies, or allusions to other texts. Readers will also analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works. Writers will draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis and reflection. They will write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Readers will also analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
In this unit readers will analyze literary texts for the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including figurative and connotative meanings, analogies, or allusions to other texts. Readers will also analyze themes, patterns of events, and character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works. Writers will draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis and reflection. They will write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Readers will also analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Unit 5: Modern Fiction
In this unit readers will analyze literary texts for the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. Readers will also analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works, including describing how the material is rendered new. Writers will draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis and reflection. They will write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. Readers will also analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
In this unit readers will analyze literary texts for the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts. Readers will also analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works, including describing how the material is rendered new. Writers will draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis and reflection. They will write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. Readers will also analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Unit 6: Research-Based Presentations
In this unit readers will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums to present a particular topic or idea. Writers will generate questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration, and conduct research, gathering information from multiple print and digital sources in order to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Students will then present claims and findings, integrating multimedia and visual displays into presentations in order to clarify information and add interest.
In this unit readers will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums to present a particular topic or idea. Writers will generate questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration, and conduct research, gathering information from multiple print and digital sources in order to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Students will then present claims and findings, integrating multimedia and visual displays into presentations in order to clarify information and add interest.