OVERVIEW:
By analyzing a major work of fiction and several informational texts, students will examine the role of fact in fiction. Essential Questions:
Narrative, Mad 40, Plot Test, Compare/Contrast Essay TKM with Scottsboro Boys Trial, Compare/Contrast the parallel plot lines, Oral Presentation, short research paper, annotated bibliography 99 Vocabulary Words All Freshmen Should Know Learnist Boards, Blogger 6-10 weeks |
AssessmentsTESTS
TKAM Plot Revew Sheet Vocabulary Review Sheet Literary Terms Review Sheet QUIZZES Shifty Fifty WRITING Mad 40 Annotated Bibliography Tolerance Narrative Compare/Contast Essay TOLERANCE NARRATIVE Description & Expectations Rubric CCSS Excerpt from The Kite Runner "Meeting Mathew" Vocab Story Map Character Maps Characterization Methods Writing Dialog Epigraphs Narrative Graphic Organizer I Write Like... |
ResourcesVOCABULARY
99 Vocabulary Words all Freshmen Should Know Literary Terms List PUBLIC SPEAKING Oral Presentation |
ReadingsREADING
Readtheory.org TKAM To Kill a Mockingbird (Full Text) Excerpts from "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" Scottsboro Boys "Emancipation Proclamation" 13th Amendment 14th Amendment Supreme Court rules Jim Crow Laws (Brown v. Board of Education) unconsitutional |