RL.9-10.5
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
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How'd he do that? Memoir Style Stations10th Grade ELA» Unit:Narrative Reading and Writing: Persepolis and Memoir
10th Grade ELA
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Narrative Reading and Writing: Persepolis and Memoir
Big Idea:We've spent two weeks looking at a graphic memoir--now it's time to see how other writers use imagery to teach us their life lessons.
"Rich Girls Don't Marry Poor Boys": The Connection Between Author and Text10th Grade English» Unit:Literacy: "The Great Gatsby" Characterization, Style, and Visual Literacy
10th Grade English
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Literacy: "The Great Gatsby" Characterization, Style, and Visual Literacy
Big Idea:The events of the life and characteristics of the style of F. Scott Fitzgerald are linked in his writing; today students are introduced to both.
Poetry: Analysis with Half-Hanged Mary10th Grade ELA» Unit:Reading The Soul: The Personal Essay and Poetry
10th Grade ELA
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Reading The Soul: The Personal Essay and Poetry
Big Idea:Poetry made easy!
The First Day of High School: "This is Me in Grade 9!"9th Grade ELA» Unit:Constructive Controversy -- Oral and Written Argumentation
9th Grade ELA
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Constructive Controversy -- Oral and Written Argumentation
Big Idea:Here's a great way to start your year--with a little bit of controversy and a lot of fun.
Mystery, Tension, and the Supernatural in Zora Neale Hurston's Spunk 10th Grade ELA» Unit:Sins, Poems, Virtues and Short Stories
10th Grade ELA
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Sins, Poems, Virtues and Short Stories
Big Idea:Extra Extra--Student reporters dig deep into the deaths of Joe Kanty and Spunk Banks. Is it murder or is the supernatural at play?
"Mockingbird" Logistics: Creative Project Introduction and Forming Literature Circle Groups10th Grade English» Unit:Literacy: "To Kill A Mockingbird" Collaborative Study
10th Grade English
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Literacy: "To Kill A Mockingbird" Collaborative Study
Big Idea:Meet and greet; students get to know their literature circle groups for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Free Verse and Figurative Language: Understanding Whitman's Use of Metaphor10th Grade English» Unit:Literacy: Figurative Language in the Poetry of Whitman & Dickinson
10th Grade English
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Literacy: Figurative Language in the Poetry of Whitman & Dickinson
Big Idea:Whistling while we work, singing while we study, we analyze Whitman's poetry.
Words in Context: The Amazing Race to "The Cask of Amontillado" (Day 1 of 2)9th Grade ELA» Unit:Actions and Reactions in The Cask of Amontillado
9th Grade ELA
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Actions and Reactions in The Cask of Amontillado
Big Idea:Making meaning with a partner is much more fun as students determine the meaning of words in context and start The Amazing Race
What is a Plot W?: Lessons from "Everybody Knows Tobie"9th Grade ELA» Unit:In My Mind's Eye: Writing Powerful Narration
9th Grade ELA
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In My Mind's Eye: Writing Powerful Narration
Big Idea:Students enjoy writing with the element of surprise when they use a Plot W narrative structure.
Choosing Words Carefully: Anne Bradstreet's Diction and Style10th Grade English» Unit:Literacy: Plain Living Portrayed in Puritan Poetry and Sermons
10th Grade English
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Literacy: Plain Living Portrayed in Puritan Poetry and Sermons
Big Idea:As students look deeper into the themes and diction Puritan Poetry, they explore how one person expresses solace even amid devastating tragedy.
Comparing Shakespeare's Play to Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet9th Grade ELA» Unit:Romeo and Juliet Act 1: Character Introduction and Analysis
9th Grade ELA
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Romeo and Juliet Act 1: Character Introduction and Analysis
Big Idea:Viewing a movie as a text is entertaining and educational.
Analyzing the Role of Fate in Act 5 Scenes 1 and 29th Grade ELA» Unit:Romeo and Juliet Act 5: Theme Analysis, Comparing Text to Film, and Analytical Writing
9th Grade ELA
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Romeo and Juliet Act 5: Theme Analysis, Comparing Text to Film, and Analytical Writing
Big Idea:I'm not to blame.. fate did it.
Literature: Harrison Bergeron and Text Based Answers (Day 1 of 2)10th Grade ELA» Unit:Short Story Boot Camp
10th Grade ELA
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Short Story Boot Camp
Big Idea:Text dependent questions and text based answers are the perfect way to bridge the reading and writing standards.
Introducing and Identifying Irony10th Grade English» Unit:Literacy: What's Your (Local) Color? Regionalism in the American Short Story
10th Grade English
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Literacy: What's Your (Local) Color? Regionalism in the American Short Story
Big Idea:Isn't it ironic? Or is it? We'll be defining and identifying irony in class today.
An Introduction to Persepolis10th Grade ELA» Unit:Narrative Reading and Writing: Persepolis and Memoir
10th Grade ELA
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Narrative Reading and Writing: Persepolis and Memoir
Big Idea:In order to understand what you are reading, it is helpful to keep a written record of big ideas.
RL.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
RL.9-10.5
Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
RL.9-10.6
Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.