Units of Study
Unit 1- Defining Injustice
Key Concepts: analytical reading & writing, literary techniques, and devices
Readings: Summer reading novel (Night)
Unit 2- The Power of Argument
Key Concepts: analytical reading & writing, persuasive writing, persuasive techniques
Readings: Various readings-short stories, articles, etc.
Unit 3- Persuasion in Literature: Reading Fiction through an Alternate Lens
Key Concepts: analytical reading & writing, persuasive writing, persuasive techniques
Readings: novel excerpts, drama excerpts, and short stories
Unit 4-Voice in Synthesis
Key Concepts: synthesis of multi-media texts, purpose, and effect of language and rhetorical devices
Readings: Readings: Various readings-short stories, articles, etc.
Unit 5-STAAR Prep
Key Concepts: reading analysis, writer's workshop, test-taking strategies,
Readings: previously released STAAR test
Unit 6-Praise, Mock, and Mourn
Key Concepts: analysis of author's language
Readings: Poetry