Unit+III

Unit III: Overcoming Obstacles

Sub-topics: perseverance, risk, disability, survival

Readings: Memoir collection (book-club style?) __Night__ (ALA/ELP students) "Flowers for Algernon" (in anthology) "Mother to Son" "Mrs. Flowers" (in anthology)

Writings: Literature analysis Narrative poem Allusions project Partner/group research project

*no rubrics currently exist for any of these assessments!*

Focus standards:

READING:  Cites textual evidence that supports analysis of stated and inferred meanings in fiction and informational text. Analyzes how a modern fictional work draws on literary elements from oral traditions and religious works. Determines and analyze differences in characters' points of view and author's purpose.

WRITING: Writes narrative to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. Conducts short research projects to answer a question that allows for multiple avenues of exploration. Uses technology, including the internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.   Writes informative/explanatory text to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant contents. *no rubrics or assessment currently exist for any of these objectives!!*