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Unit 1

Unit 1. Choices Essential Question: What Influences a Person’s Choices?. What is the difference between the two quotations? . Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control.- Albert Einstein

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Unit 1

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  1. Unit 1 Choices Essential Question: What Influences a Person’s Choices?

  2. What is the difference between the two quotations? • Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control.- Albert Einstein • With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice. - Oprah Winfrey

  3. Beliefs About Choices In my culture,________________,... • people are free to make choices about _____________________. • some choices are made for people, such as _____________________. • ________________ is a strong influence on people’s choices. For example, ______________. • young people are allowed to choose ______________. • young people are not allowed to choose ____________.

  4. Unit Objectives • READING • Literary Analysis: Genre Focus: Short Stories & Nonfiction: newspaper article, interview, memoir • Reading Strategy: Plan & Monitor (preview, predicting, setting a purpose, clarifying ideas/vocabulary) • RL.9-10.1-3, 5-6, 9-10: Identify, Determine,and Analyze the author’s use of literary elements: • theme (moral, lesson, meaning, message, view, or comment on life), • point of view (e.g., first vs. third, limited vs. omniscient), • characterization (qualities, motives, actions, thoughts, dialogue, development, interactions), • setting (time of day or year, historical period, place, situation) • plot (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). • RI.9-10.1-4, 10: Infer, Cite, Determine, and Analyze the author’s use ofnonfiction text features and genre: newspaper article, interview, memoir • Infer text content using prior knowledge and text features (e.g., illustrations, titles, topic sentences, key words). • in a variety of content area, grade-level texts • Generate and analyze clarifying questions in order to comprehend text. • in a variety of content area, grade-level texts • Incorporate plan & monitor reading strategies, as well as graphic organizers, in order to clarify and analyze the meaning of the text. • in a variety of content area, grade-level texts

  5. WRITING • Writing: Autobiographical Essay, Mini-research Project, Short Comparison Paragraph, Short Literary Analysis, Order-of-Importance Paragraph • W.9-10.3a-e, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9b, 10: Respond to literature and write across the curriculum

  6. LANGUAGE • Vocabulary Studies- Greek Roots, Prefixes & Suffixes • L.9-10.4a-d, 5aReading: Concept 4: Vocabulary • Infer word meanings from context (e.g., definition, example, restatement, comparison/contrast, cause/effect). • Distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words. • Identify the meanings, pronunciations, syllabication, synonyms, antonyms, parts of speech, and correct spellings of words by using resources such as general and specialized dictionaries, thesauri, or glossaries (and CD-ROM and the Internet when available). • Grammar: Complete Sentences & Subject-Verb Agreement • L.9-10.2c, 6: Spell correctly and demonstrate control of grammar and usage in writing

  7. SPEAKING & LISTENING • Language Development: Ask & Answer Questions, Express Ideas & Opinions, Express Feelings and Intentions • SL.9-10.1a-d, 2, 3, 4, 6: Generating/responding/analyzing/evaluating classroom discussions, and working with peers

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