IXL skill plan | 12th grade plan for SpringBoard ELA 2018

Skill plan for SpringBoard ELA 2018 - 12th grade

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1	Unit 1 Perception is Everything
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 1.2: Perception is Everything
Activity 1.2: Perception is Everything


Activity 1.3: Importance of Perspective		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activity 1.3: Importance of Perspective
1. Identify audience and purpose

Activity 1.4: Introducing Reader Response Criticism		1. Identify elements of poetry
Activity 1.4: Introducing Reader Response Criticism
1. Identify elements of poetry

Activity 1.5: Applying Reader Response Criticism		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Activity 1.5: Applying Reader Response Criticism
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Activity 1.6: Different Ways of Seeing the World		Writing 1. Use words accurately and precisely Word study 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Activity 1.6: Different Ways of Seeing the World
Writing 1. Use words accurately and precisely Word study 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Activity 1.7: The Visual Argument		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Activity 1.7: The Visual Argument
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Activity 1.8: Seeing the World from My Perspective		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Activity 1.8: Seeing the World from My Perspective
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Activity 1.9: Another Perspective on the World		Writer's craft 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Is it a phrase or a clause? 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure 5. Use parallel structure
Activity 1.9: Another Perspective on the World
Writer's craft 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Is it a phrase or a clause? 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure 5. Use parallel structure

Activity 1.10: A Symbolic Perception of Self		1. Interpret the figure of speech
Activity 1.10: A Symbolic Perception of Self
1. Interpret the figure of speech

Activity 1.11: Exploring Visual Rhetoric		Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Writing 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 1.11: Exploring Visual Rhetoric
Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Writing 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 1.12: Supporting Argument		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Activity 1.12: Supporting Argument
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Activity 1.13: Explain How an Author Builds an Argument		Writing 1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 1.13: Explain How an Author Builds an Argument
Writing 1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 1.14: Digging Deeper for Meaning		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Writing 2. Identify thesis statements Grammar and usage 3. What does the punctuation suggest? 4. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses Language Checkpoint 6. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 7. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Activity 1.14: Digging Deeper for Meaning
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Writing 2. Identify thesis statements Grammar and usage 3. What does the punctuation suggest? 4. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 5. Combine sentences using relative clauses Language Checkpoint 6. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 7. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Activity 1.15: Writing an Argument		Writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 1.15: Writing an Argument
Writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Embedded Assessment 1: Creating an Argumentative Photo Essay
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating an Argumentative Photo Essay


Activity 1.16: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 1.16: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 1.17: What is Cultural Criticism?		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 1.17: What is Cultural Criticism?
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 1.18: Imperialism: A Poetic Conversation		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Word study 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Activity 1.18: Imperialism: A Poetic Conversation
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Word study 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Activity 1.19: Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Writer's craft 2. Which text is most formal?
Activity 1.19: Reading with a Cultural Criticism Lens
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Writer's craft 2. Which text is most formal?

Activity 1.20: Being a Stranger		Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and usage 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Activity 1.20: Being a Stranger
Reading strategies 1. Match the quotations with their themes Grammar and usage 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Activity 1.21: Understanding the Stranger's Perception of the Village		Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Word study 2. Use the correct foreign expression 3. Prefixes
Activity 1.21: Understanding the Stranger's Perception of the Village
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Word study 2. Use the correct foreign expression 3. Prefixes

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Reflective Essay
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Reflective Essay

2	Unit 2 The Collective Perspective
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 2.2: A Closer Look: Archetypal Perspective		1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Activity 2.2: A Closer Look: Archetypal Perspective
1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

Activity 2.3: Viewing the Subjects		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 2.3: Viewing the Subjects
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 2.4: Introducing Pygmalion		Writing 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writer's craft 3. Organize information by topic
Activity 2.4: Introducing Pygmalion
Writing 1. Match the quotations with their themes Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Writer's craft 3. Organize information by topic

Activity 2.5: Ladies and Gentlemen		Grammar and usage 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Interpret the figure of speech Writer's craft 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 2.5: Ladies and Gentlemen
Grammar and usage 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Interpret the figure of speech Writer's craft 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 2.6: Rules of Etiquette		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activity 2.6: Rules of Etiquette
1. Identify audience and purpose

Activity 2.7: Reading Between the Lines
Activity 2.7: Reading Between the Lines


Activity 2.8: Examining Eliza's Options		Writing 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Activity 2.8: Examining Eliza's Options
Writing 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Activity 2.9: Transformations
Activity 2.9: Transformations


Activity 2.10: I Feel a Song Coming On		1. Compare passages for tone
Activity 2.10: I Feel a Song Coming On
1. Compare passages for tone

Activity 2.11: What Does Eliza Do?		Grammar and usage 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Activity 2.11: What Does Eliza Do?
Grammar and usage 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Activity 2.12: Examining the Archetypes		Writing 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors in everyday use 4. Suggest appropriate revisions Grammar and usage 5. Is it a phrase or a clause? 6. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Activity 2.12: Examining the Archetypes
Writing 1. Use the correct frequently confused word 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors in everyday use 4. Suggest appropriate revisions Grammar and usage 5. Is it a phrase or a clause? 6. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas

Activity 2.13: From a Marxist Perspective		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 2.13: From a Marxist Perspective
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 2.14: Money, Power, and Class in Pygmalion		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Activity 2.14: Money, Power, and Class in Pygmalion
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Embedded Assessment 1: Illuminating Pygmalion
Embedded Assessment 1: Illuminating Pygmalion


Activity 2.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Feminist Criticism		1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 2.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Feminist Criticism
1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 2.16: A Reversal of Fortune		Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Writer's craft 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series Language checkpoint 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 6. Use dashes
Activity 2.16: A Reversal of Fortune
Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Writer's craft 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series Language checkpoint 4. What does the punctuation suggest? 5. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 6. Use dashes

Activity 2.17: Battle of the Sexes		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Prefixes 3. Explore words with new or contested usages
Activity 2.17: Battle of the Sexes
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Word study 2. Prefixes 3. Explore words with new or contested usages

Activity 2.18: Feminist Critique: The Tree of Life		Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Activity 2.18: Feminist Critique: The Tree of Life
Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Activity 2.19: One Town's Attitude: The Feminist Perspective		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Grammar and usage 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Writer's craft 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 2.19: One Town's Attitude: The Feminist Perspective
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Grammar and usage 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Writer's craft 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Embedded Assessment 2: Applying a Critical Perspective
Embedded Assessment 2: Applying a Critical Perspective

3	Unit 3 Evolving Perspectives
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 3.2: Creating Acting Companies
Activity 3.2: Creating Acting Companies


Activity 3.3: Cultural Criticism		Writing 1. Which text is most formal? Word study 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Writer's craft 4. Identify elements of poetry
Activity 3.3: Cultural Criticism
Writing 1. Which text is most formal? Word study 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Writer's craft 4. Identify elements of poetry

Activity 3.4: Building a Plot and Bringing it to Life: Irony		1. Interpret the figure of speech
Activity 3.4: Building a Plot and Bringing it to Life: Irony
1. Interpret the figure of speech

Activity 3.5: Viewing a Cast of Characters Through a Marxist Lens		Writing 1. Use words accurately and precisely Writer's craft 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 5. Use dictionary definitions
Activity 3.5: Viewing a Cast of Characters Through a Marxist Lens
Writing 1. Use words accurately and precisely Writer's craft 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 5. Use dictionary definitions

Activity 3.6: A Father's Reaction: Performing and Defending an Interpretation		Writing 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Word study 2. Suffixes 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Grammar and usage 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Activity 3.6: A Father's Reaction: Performing and Defending an Interpretation
Writing 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Word study 2. Suffixes 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Grammar and usage 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

Activity 3.7: The Moor: Character Analysis Through a Cultural Lens		Word study 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Grammar and usage 3. Use dashes
Activity 3.7: The Moor: Character Analysis Through a Cultural Lens
Word study 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Grammar and usage 3. Use dashes

Activity 3.8: A Husband's Response: Defending a Critical Perspective		Writing 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Writer's craft 2. Explore words with new or contested usages 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Activity 3.8: A Husband's Response: Defending a Critical Perspective
Writing 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Writer's craft 2. Explore words with new or contested usages 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Activity 3.9: A Historical Look at the Moor		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Identify participles and what they modify 4. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 5. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Activity 3.9: A Historical Look at the Moor
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Identify participles and what they modify 4. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 5. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas

Activity 3.10: Friendly Banter or Pointed Comments? Feminist Criticism
Activity 3.10: Friendly Banter or Pointed Comments? Feminist Criticism


Activity 3.11: Honest Iago: The Dramatic Speech		1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 3.11: Honest Iago: The Dramatic Speech
1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 3.12: Emilia's Secret: Defending an Interpretation		Writing 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Activity 3.12: Emilia's Secret: Defending an Interpretation
Writing 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Activity 3.13: Demystifying Emilia: Questioning Through a Critical Lens		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 3.13: Demystifying Emilia: Questioning Through a Critical Lens
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 3.14: Staging Iago's Lies: Blocking for Effect
Activity 3.14: Staging Iago's Lies: Blocking for Effect


Activity 3.15: One Scene, Many Perspectives		Writing 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Identify thesis statements
Activity 3.15: One Scene, Many Perspectives
Writing 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Identify thesis statements

Activity 3.16: "Talk You of Killing?" Defending a Perspective		Writing 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 3.16: "Talk You of Killing?" Defending a Perspective
Writing 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Activity 3.17: Evaluating an Essay: Rubric Creation		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Writing 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Activity 3.17: Evaluating an Essay: Rubric Creation
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Writing 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Activity 3.18: Othello Through Time		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Activity 3.18: Othello Through Time
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Argument
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Argument


Activity 3.19: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 3.19: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 3.20: Staging a Performance
Activity 3.20: Staging a Performance


Activity 3.21: Playbill: Othello		Writing 1. Correct capitalization errors 2. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Activity 3.21: Playbill: Othello
Writing 1. Correct capitalization errors 2. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

Embedded Assessment 2: Staging an Interpretation
Embedded Assessment 2: Staging an Interpretation

4	Unit 4 Creating Perspectives
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 4.2: Reality TV (and Other Media)		Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Writer's craft 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Identify plagiarism
Activity 4.2: Reality TV (and Other Media)
Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Writer's craft 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Identify plagiarism

Activity 4.3: Constructing Public Opinion		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Grammar and usage 4. Use dictionary definitions 5. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives
Activity 4.3: Constructing Public Opinion
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Grammar and usage 4. Use dictionary definitions 5. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives

Activity 4.4: Bias in News Reports		Reading strategies 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Distinguish facts from opinions Writing 4. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 5. Use the correct frequently confused word
Activity 4.4: Bias in News Reports
Reading strategies 1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Distinguish facts from opinions Writing 4. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 5. Use the correct frequently confused word

Activity 4.5: Framing the Investigation		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word study 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Activity 4.5: Framing the Investigation
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word study 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Activity 4.6: Directing the Investigation		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activity 4.6: Directing the Investigation
1. Identify audience and purpose

Activity 4.7: Throwing Light on the Situation		Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Writing 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Word study 5. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Grammar and usage 6. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Activity 4.7: Throwing Light on the Situation
Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Writing 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Word study 5. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Grammar and usage 6. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Activity 4.8: Looking for Trouble		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Activity 4.8: Looking for Trouble
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Activity 4.9: Evaluating Sources		1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 4.9: Evaluating Sources
1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Embedded Assessment 1: Examining How an Issue is Presented in Media Texts
Embedded Assessment 1: Examining How an Issue is Presented in Media Texts


Activity 4.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 4.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 4.11: Considering the Medium		1. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Activity 4.11: Considering the Medium
1. Use hyphens in compound adjectives

Activity 4.12: That Sounds Just Right		1. Compare passages for tone
Activity 4.12: That Sounds Just Right
1. Compare passages for tone

Activity 4.13: Turn Facts into Narratives		1. Organize information by topic
Activity 4.13: Turn Facts into Narratives
1. Organize information by topic

Activity 4.14: Voir Dire: Facing a Jury of Your Peers		Writing 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Word study 2. Use the correct foreign expression
Activity 4.14: Voir Dire: Facing a Jury of Your Peers
Writing 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Word study 2. Use the correct foreign expression

Embedded Assessment 2: Creating a Documentary Media Text
Embedded Assessment 2: Creating a Documentary Media Text

5	Unit 5 Multiple Perspectives
Activity 5.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 5.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 5.2: Independent Reading and Discussion
Activity 5.2: Independent Reading and Discussion


Activity 5.3: Understanding the Genre		Writing 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify plagiarism
Activity 5.3: Understanding the Genre
Writing 1. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 2. Identify plagiarism

Activity 5.4: Beginning the Graphic Novel		Writing 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Remove redundant words or phrases
Activity 5.4: Beginning the Graphic Novel
Writing 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use words accurately and precisely 3. Remove redundant words or phrases

Activity 5.5: Framing the Narrative		1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 5.5: Framing the Narrative
1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 5.6: Transitioning to a New Land		1. Organize information by topic
Activity 5.6: Transitioning to a New Land
1. Organize information by topic

Activity 5.7: Angles and Perspectives		Reading comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze short stories: set 1
Activity 5.7: Angles and Perspectives
Reading comprehension 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze short stories: set 1

Activity 5.8: Marginalized Peoples		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Activity 5.8: Marginalized Peoples
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 5.9: Choosing a Perspective		Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims
Activity 5.9: Choosing a Perspective
Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims

Activity 5.10: Adapting for an Audience		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 5.10: Adapting for an Audience
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 5.11: Comparing Theme		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Grammar and usage 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Activity 5.11: Comparing Theme
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Grammar and usage 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives

Activity 5.12: Designing a Media Communication		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Activity 5.12: Designing a Media Communication
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Activity 5.13: The Author's Perspective		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
Activity 5.13: The Author's Perspective
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 5. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences

Activity 5.14: Multiple Perspectives on the Graphic Novel		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Activity 5.14: Multiple Perspectives on the Graphic Novel
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Activity 5.15: Exploring Critical Perspectives
Activity 5.15: Exploring Critical Perspectives


Activity 5.16: Assessing Perspectives
Activity 5.16: Assessing Perspectives


Embedded Assessment: Presenting a Literary Work Through Multiple Critical Perspectives
Embedded Assessment: Presenting a Literary Work Through Multiple Critical Perspectives

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