Critical Thinking
Global Citizenship
What are American authors saying about America? What are they celebrating? What are they criticizing?
What methods do nonfiction authors use to convey their thoughts about the American Experience?
Reading - Reading multiple fiction examples of American writing in order to read for author purpose, including identifying and analyzing various literary methods in order to find thematic development.
Writing - Writing about the reading pieces effectively, including developing arguments to explain how an author purposefully creates aspects of a writing piece in order to convey messages and ideas to the reader.
Speaking and Listening - Working collaboratively to unpack and defend understandings and analyses of authors' intentions and messages, including defending a point of view
Grammar and Vocabulary - Developing an understanding of grade-appropriate grammar in order to both express oneself clearly, but also to recognize patterns and purposeful distinctions made by authors in their writing.
L3 Syntax and meaning by occasion
L4 Unknown words
L6 academic word meanings
SL1 Academic discussions
SL3 Analyze speaker, occasion, purpose
W1 Write about analysis
W9 Gather analytical evidence
W10 Write regularly
R1 Literal comprehension
R2 Central idea (theme)
R3 Author’s choices (ideas and sequences)
R4 Diction affects meaning
R5 Choice of structure
R6 Point of view
R8 analyze nonfic argument
R10 discuss complexity of text
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