"Stray" by Cyntha Rylant

"Slower than the Rest" by Cynthia Rylant

"The Marble Champ" by Gary Soto

"Everything Will Be Okay" by James Howe

"Thank You M'am" by Langston Hughes

"The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken

"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry

"The Stone" by Lloyd Alexander

Level 4 Stories

"The Most Dangerous Game" by By Richard Connell

"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

Bend 1: Character Essay

• • Session 1: Boot Camp Presentation

  • Session 2: Growing Big Ideas From Details About the Characters

  • Session 3: Writing to Discover What a Character Really Wants

  • Session 4: Crafting Claims

  • Session 5: Conveying Evidence

  • Session 6: Studying a Mentor Text

  • Session 7: Revising Essays to be Sure You Analyze as Well as Cite Text Evidence

  • Rubric: Bend 1: Essay on Characters

  • Rubric: Bend 1: Essay on Characters: Structure Only

Bend 2: Theme Essay

• • Session 8: Looking for Themes in the Trouble of Text

  • Session 9: Drafting Using Everything You Know

  • Session 10: First Impressions and Closing Remarks

  • Session 11: Quoting Texts

  • Rubric: Bend 2: Essay on Theme