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Standard(s): 2.A.4a 2.A.4b 2.A.4c 2.B.4b 3.B.4a |
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Stage 1: Desired Results |
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Understandings |
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(Semester 1) Students will demonstrate skills in comprehension, interpretation, and analysis through the reading of various genres of literature - short stories, novels, and drama. (Semester 2) Students will reinforce skills in comprehension, interpretation, and analysis through the reading of poetry, plays, novels, selected nonfiction, and biography. |
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Essential Questions |
Knowledge & Skill |
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(Semester 1) What do literary terms and concepts add to a piece of literature in terms of tone, character, style, and theme? (Semester 2) How do knowing definitions and applications of literary terms and concepts affect a student's skill level? |
(Semester one) structure, flashback, inference, foreshadow, theme, symbol, point-of-view, five methods of characterization, dynamic vs. static, allusion, motif, prologue Greek tragedy/drama, conflict, chorus (Semetser two) fable, allegory, satire, irony (3), dystopia, propaganda, main idea, rhetorical purpose, imagery, simile, metaphor, pun, aside, iambic pentameter, foil, soliloquy |
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Stage 2: Assessment Evidence |
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reading passages, unit tests (both objective and essay), timed writings, collaborative projects, subsearching texts, formal discussions |
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Performance Task Summary |
Rubric Titles |
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Self-Assessments |
Other Evidence, Summarized |
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final exam (Abacus), exam essay, timed writings |
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Stage 3: Learning Activities |
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