Unit 2 Independent Texts
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💡 You may choose which text students will read for their independent tasks or allow them to choose their own.
Text Options
Text Options
Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl by Juliet Piggott Wood
 Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe (CommonLit Text)
 What’s the Rush?: Young Brains Cause; Doomed Love by Lexi Tucker
 from William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet artwork by Eli Neugeboren
 If Romeo and Juliet Had Cell Phones by Misty Harris
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💡 This writing task should be completed as independently as possible as a timed on-demand assessment (1-2 days).Â
Performance-Based Assessment: On-Demand/Timed Argument
Performance-Based Assessment: On-Demand/Timed Argument
Writing Prompt
In this unit, you read about various people who were kept apart from their lovers becasue of forces they could not control. Sometimes forbidden love can overcome obstacles of society, but oftentimes it cannot.
Write an argument in the form of a short piece of literary criticicm that explores how the selections on the unit address the following question:
Should the opinions of others affect our choices or destinies?
Propose and defend a claim about two or more of the texts in this unit. Acknowledge and address a counterclaim, or possible alternative interpretation of the works. Integrate text evidence from each of the selections you address in your essay and build a compelling argument.
Academic Vocabulary
endure
pathos
compelling
propose
recurrent            Â
💡It is essential to have students use these words throughout the unit, particularly in their performance tasks/assessments.                                       Â
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