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Students will understand that: Young adult literature can help teens in the process of self-discover and connection making to enrich their lives and help them become better citizens.
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Students will understand that: • Young adult literature can help teens in the process of self-discover and connection making to enrich their lives and help them become better citizens. • Students can deepen their understanding of literary and non-literary work by relating to its contemporary context. • An effective story engages the reader by using details and setting up questions. • Successful writers rely on the writing process to organize, edit, and revise their work to create their final product. • Authors often provide insight about human experiences through fictional and nonfictional work. My goals Rachel Kriger
My Essential Questions • Why is it important for us to tell our own stories • How do effective writers hook and hold their audience?
My Unit Questions • Can fiction reveal truth? • What kind of character would you want to be in a book? Antagonist or protagonist? Foil? • Does a story need a conflict to be good literature?
My Content Questions • What are personal narratives? • What are the four types of plot conflict? • What does the term “theme” mean? • What is an autobiography? • What is setting? • What are characters? • What are the 5 steps to identifying theme? • What is an antagonist? • What is a protagonist? • What is a foil? • How to the characters in Amy Tan’s “Rules of the Game” change throughout the plot? • What is the purpose of your writing? • What are the conflict, rising action, climax and conclusion of “The Great Rat Hunt?” • What are the three steps of peer editing? • What is a found poem?