Unit+I

Unit I: Juvenile Justice/Law

Subtopics: Inequality, social injustice, poverty, discrimination/prejudice

Readings: __To Kill a Mockingbird__ (read-aloud) Various nonfiction pieces (cases) "Ransom of Red Chief" (in anthology; for formative assessment/practice) Various children's literature (read-alouds) __You Be The Judge__ (possible model for case analysis) Other readings at individual teachers' discretion; for formative assessment/practice

Writings: Compare/Contrast Essay I (comparing/contrasting two children's literature pieces of different genres or comparing a children's literature piece to another piece) Case Analysis (analyzing nonfiction and writing arguments)

Focus standards:

READING: Delineates and evaluates the argument and specific claims in an informational text. Analyzes the structure of fiction and informational text.

WRITING: Writes arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Writes informative/explanatory text to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relative contents. Draws evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

This is the work in progress for the compare/contrast essay.

This is the work in progress for the case analysis.