DUE DATES:
Argumentative Writing (uniforms) FRIDAY 12/15/17
Documents/Notes
The Outsiders study presentation: prezi.com/mbwgtq320mfr/the-outsiders-timeline/
Peer Editing Symbols: 20171211_085746.jpg
argumentative_essay.docx
Argument Writer Anchor Chart: 20171206_135240.jpg
grammar_unit_2a.pptx
Peer Editing Symbols: 20171211_085746.jpg
argumentative_essay.docx
Argument Writer Anchor Chart: 20171206_135240.jpg
grammar_unit_2a.pptx
Curriculum Focus by Units
Unit 1: Habits of Great Readers: Intro to Short Stories and Nonficton
Cite textual evidence
Analyze text
Draw inferences
Determine a theme or central idea
Analyze the development of a text
Analyze how particular elements of a story interact
Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they
are used in a text
Cite textual evidence to support an analysis of text (NF)
Determine 2 or more central ideas
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text
Determine an author's point of view or purpose
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
Develop and strengthen writing as needed
Unit 2: Novel Study- Stargirl
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts POV of different characters
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in the text
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text
Analyze how two ir more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations
of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different
interpretations of facts
Unit 3: Teacher's Choice- Thematic Multigenre Study
Practice standards taught in units 1-2 (see above)
Focus on one theme
Unit 4: Novel Study- The Outsiders
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character
and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how
authors use or alter history
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or
multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium
Unit 5: Novel Study- The Pearl
Spiral Review of all standards (see above)
Unit 6: Short Stories
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact
Unit 7: Figurative Language and Poetry
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text
including figurative and connotative meanings
Analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds on a specific
verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story/drama
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development
Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure contributes to its meaning