Unit 1 Small Group Texts
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
gregarious
amiably
stoical
Skill Vocabulary
dialogue
modern Gothic
setting
characters
plot events
endings
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Literary Style
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.RL.7 Analyze how plot elements and dialogue interact, shape the characters, and propel the action.
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Word Study
Word Study
Author's Style
Author's Style
Focus: Character Development
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.RL.7 Analyze how plot elements and dialogue interact, shape the characters, and propel the action.
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*key words: character development, dialogue
Writing to Sources
Writing to Sources
Focus: Narrative
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.W.3 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of complex topics or texts using logical reasoning and relevant evidence, and provide a conclusion that follows from and supports the argument presented.
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Poetry Collection
"beware: do not read this poem" | "The Raven" | "Windigo"
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
entreating
implore
beguiling
Skill Vocabulary
narrative poem
speaker
tone
theme
imagery
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Development of Theme
Standard(s)
9-10.RL.6 When reading texts, including those from diverse cultures, determine a theme, analyze its development in detail, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary that includes textual evidence.
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Word Study
Word Study
Focus: Anglo-Saxon Prefix: be-
Standard(s)
9-10.R.9 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
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Author's Style
Author's Style
Focus: Point of View
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.R.10 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structures an author uses in an exposition, argument, or narrative, including whether the structure makes points or events clear, effective, convincing, or engaging.
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*key words: first-person point of view, omniscient third-person point of view
⏳Speaking & Listening
⏳Speaking & Listening
Focus: Group Presentation
Standard(s)
9-10.SL.1 Participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations on topics, texts, and issues.
9-10.SL.3 Use appropriate language, grammar, organization, development, and delivery styles appropriate to purpose and audience for formal or informal contexts.
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Supplementary Texts
from The Dream Collector
from The Dream Collector
Vocabulary
composition
perspective or angle
lighting and color
subject
location
Activities
Media Vocabulary
Analyze the Media
Speaking & Listening: Visual Presentation
Standard(s)
9-10.SL.1 Participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations on topics, texts, and issues.
9-10.SL.3 Use appropriate language, grammar, organization, development, and delivery styles appropriate to purpose and audience for formal or informal contexts.
Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?
Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?
Vocabulary
stimulus
dissonance
cognitive
Activities
Analyze Craft & Structure: Speaker's Claim & Evidence
Word Study: Patterns of Words
Author's Style: Scientific and Technical Diction
Research: Digital Presentation
Standard(s)
9-10.RI.7 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events through comparisons, analogies, or categories.
9-10.R.8 Determine the meaning and impact of words and phrases on meaning, tone, and mood. Analyze figurative language and connotative meanings. Examine domain-specific vocabulary and how language differs across genres and text types.
9-10.W.4 Conduct more sustained research projects to craft an argument, answer a question, or provide an analysis.
Collaborative Performance Task: Narrative
Collaborative Performance Task: Narrative
Focus: Retelling
Prompt: With your group, choose one of the selections from this section and create a video retelling using something like Animoto, Powtoons, or WeVideo.
Academic Vocabulary
motivate
dimension
manipulate
psychological
perspective
💡It is essential to have students use these words throughout the unit, particularly in their performance tasks/assessments.
Standard(s)
9-10.W.3 Write narrative texts to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-structured event sequences, well-chosen details, and provide a resolution that connects to what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the course of the narrative.
9-10.SL.3 Use appropriate language, grammar, organization, development, and delivery styles appropriate to purpose and audience for formal or informal contexts.
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