Unit 4 Anchor Texts
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Back to My Own Country: An Essay
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
assimilate
upbringing
indigeonous
entitlement
myriad
hybrid
Skill Vocabulary
essay
point of view
author's purpose
rhetorical questions
sentence fragments
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Author's Point of View and Purpose
Standard(s)
🔍 11-12.R.5 Cite relevant textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including analyzing where the text implies ambiguity.
🔍 11-12.R.11 Analyze how an author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time period affect the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a collective body of work.
Supports/Resources
Word Study
Word Study
Conventions & Style
Conventions & Style
Focus: Voice and Development of Ideas
🔍 11-12.R.11 Analyze how an author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time period affect the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a collective body of work.
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Shooting an Elephant
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
imperialism
supplant
despotic
conventionalized
resolute
pretext
Skill Vocabulary
situational irony
characters' actions
characters' relationships
characters' attitudes
tone
formal
informal
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Situational Irony
Standard(s)
🔍 11-12.RI.7 Analyze how the author develops a text through an analysis or argument, including the sequence, the introduction and development and connections of ideas.
Supports/Resources
Sharing Perspectives Discussion Prompts
Word Study
Word Study
Focus: Word Origins and Connotations
Standard(s)
11-12.R.9 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Supports/Resources
Conventions & Style
Conventions & Style
Focus: Formal and Informal Language
Standard(s)
🔍 11-12.R.11 Analyze how an author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time period affect the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a collective body of work.
Support/Resources
Writing to Compare
Writing to Compare
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Focus: Compare-Contrast Essay
Standard(s)
🔍 11-12.RI.7 Analyze how the author develops a text through an analysis or argument, including the sequence, the introduction and development and connections of ideas.
🔍 11-12.R.10 Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of structures across multiple texts about similar topics/themes, including whether the structures make points or events clear, effective, convincing, or engaging.
🔍 11-12.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content, and provide a conclusion that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
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