Embedded Files
Unit 1 - The Choices We Make
Unit 1 - The Choices We Make
Embedded Assessment 2: Creating an Illustrated Myth
Embedded Assessment 2: Creating an Illustrated Myth
- Students will work with a partner to create an original myth that explains a belief, custom, or natural phenomenon through the actions of gods or heroes.
Unit Overview
Unit Overview
- In this unit, students explore the art of storytelling as readers and writers. They encounter contemporary and classic stories about choices and consequences, and they write about their own real and imagined experiences. Students think figuratively and creatively, and they learn to appreciate the writer's craft through their study and practice. Through attentive study of a published author's style and craft, students are encouraged to emulate the writing style and techniques when writing their own original narratives and myths.
Unit 2 - What Influences My Choices?
Unit 2 - What Influences My Choices?
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Informational Essay and Participating in a Collaborative Discussion
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Informational Essay and Participating in a Collaborative Discussion
- Students will write an informational essay that explains the role of advertising in the lives of youth and then exchange ideas in a collaborative discussion.
Unit Overview
Unit Overview
- This unit shifts from the art of storytelling to the craft of informing, explaining, and convincing. Students learn to generate ideas through close reading, purposeful research, and productive collaboration. After learning how to write effective informational texts on the issue of marketing products to young people, students build on this knowledge to create convincing argumentative texts on relevant and engaging topics.
Unit 3 - Choices and Consequences
Unit 3 - Choices and Consequences
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
- Students will write a multi-paragraph literary analysis essay in response to the following prompt (or another provided by the teacher):Â
- In Edward Bloor’s novel Tangerine, how did one character’s choices and the consequences of these choices affect the development of the main character?
Unit Overview
Unit Overview
- This unit explores the idea of choices and consequences through a novel. The novel Tangerine takes Paul Fisher, a visually impaired soccer player, on a journey of self-discovery. As Paul encounters environmental disasters small and large, he is able to face personal disasters that plague his sense of self. Students interpret, analyze, and respond to this novel. They study its characters, structure, and other key literary elements. Students analyze the choices made by the characters in the novel and relate the concept of choices and consequences to their own lives.
Unit 4 - How We Choose to Act
Unit 4 - How We Choose to Act
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Presenting a Monologue
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Presenting a Monologue
- Students will write and present a monologue about a topic that sparks a strong emotion (e.g., regret, disappointment, joy, or anger). They may choose to speak as themself or adopt a persona.
Unit Overview
Unit Overview
- In this unit, students explore a range of contemporary and classic poems, monologues, and dialogues to refine their understanding of how writers use language for effect. Students learn how to take their understanding of the written word and express meaning through vocal and visual delivery.
Resources
Resources
Activity Quizzes
Activity Quizzes
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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