Agenda

Big Ideas for 1st 6 weeks:

Big Idea:

• Experiences of childhood help prepare us for adulthood.

Pearson’s myPerspectives Essential Question:

• What are some of the challenges and triumphs of growing up?

Students will be able to:

• read selections that illustrate the challenges and triumphs people experience while growing up.
• understand and use academic vocabulary words related to personal narratives.
• recognize elements of different genres, especially narrative essays, realistic fiction, and memoirs.
• read a selection of self-selected texts independently and make meaningful connections to other texts.
• write a focused, well-organized personal narrative.
• complete Timed Writing tasks.
• prepare and present a nonfiction narrative.

Academic Vocabulary for 1st 6 weeks link:

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nAGLYbvWzT4VzTIhsvTmSk-pvIKMjgzc9lUf3qixNTU/edit