Unit: Using Thank You M'am To Explore Plot, Character, Theme & Author's Purpose

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Lessons

1. Close Reading and Making Predictions

   Students will be able to analyze the short story Thank You M'am's by doing a close reading and making predictions before they read.

    
2. The Elements of Plot

   Students will be able to recognize plot elements in short stories and analyze characters- their traits, motivations, conflicts, points of view, relationships, and changes.

    
3. Theme & Mood In Thank You M'am

   Students will be able to describe and analyze theme and mood in a text.

    
4. Characterization of Roger & Ms. Jones

   Students will be able to identify character traits in a text by completing a characterization chart to better understand how characters change throughout a text.

    
5. The Purpose of Thank You Ma'm

   Students will explain how author's purpose effects the readers understanding of a short story.

    
6. Analyzing POV, Dialect and Sterotypes

   Students will analyze a short story to better understand point of view, dialect and sterotypes.

    
7. Conflict in Thank You M'am

   Students will be able to identify and explain different types of conflict in a text.

    
8. Thank You M'am Performance Task

   Students will defend the actions of Roger in Thank You Ma'm by using details from the text.