Cultural Perspectives

Hey Students! This English 10 unit is all about exploring how cultural perspectives influence common experiences between classes, cultures, generations, and relationships. In order to coexist, we must recognize each other's similarities and embrace our differences. In this unit, you will be building and improving on the following skills:

Read and comprehend appropriately complex literary texts independently and proficiently.

• 1.1 Reading Literature: Choose and apply reading strategies.
• 1.4 Reading Literature: Analyze purpose and point of view

Give effective presentations in formal settings, making purposeful decisions about content, language use, and discourse style based on the audience, venue, and topic.

• 7.2 Giving Presentations: Present findings and supporting evidence.

What your success looks like:

• I can apply reading strategies independently to make meaning of texts.
• I can read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
• I can present a central message that is compelling, precisely stated, and memorable, using transition words effectively and integrating strong supporting evidence in [MLA Format] and from diverse sources (explanations, examples, illustrations, statistics, analogies, quotations from relevant sources).