Critical Thinking: Students will develop critical thinking skills through analyzing and interpreting literary elements and their impact on narratives.
Communication: Through discussions and written responses, students will articulate their analyses and interpretations, enhancing their ability to communicate complex ideas effectively.
Adaptive Perseverance: Engaging with challenging texts and concepts encourages students to persevere through difficulty, fostering resilience and a deeper appreciation for literature.
Learner’s Mindset: Students are encouraged to embrace a growth mindset, exploring new genres and authors, and reflecting on diverse perspectives and themes within fiction.
Global Citizenship: Reading fiction from diverse authors and contexts helps students understand and empathize with different cultures and experiences, fostering global awareness and citizenship.
What techniques do authors employ to develop characters that resonate with readers?
How do setting and plot interact to enhance the thematic depth of a story?
In what ways do authors use conflict to reveal deeper truths about individuals and societies?
Students will analyze character development and its impact on the narrative.
Analyzing literary elements (character, setting, plot, and theme)
Drawing inferences and interpreting texts
Supporting analysis with textual evidence
Comparing and contrasting texts
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3: Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Silver People By Margarita Engle
Animal Farm by George Orwel
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Original text and graphic novel)
The Interlopers” by Saki
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs
On the Horizon by Louis Lowry
A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare (Original text, adapted text, and graphic novel)
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